Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit, an image forming unit, a first conveyance path configured to guide the sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit, a second conveyance path configured to guide the sheet on one surface of which an image has been formed by the image forming unit to the first conveyance path again, a document feeding unit configured to feed a document to the second conveyance path, an image reading unit configured to read the document, a third conveyance path branching off from the second conveyance path and configured to guide the document, a switch back conveyance unit configured to convey the document in the third conveyance path, a fourth conveyance path configured to guide the document conveyed by the switch back conveyance unit, and a document discharge unit configured to discharge the document guided by the fourth conveyance path.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit having a reading surface and being rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a facing member that comes into contact with the reading unit and faces the reading surface when the reading unit is at a reading position. The reading unit is capable of reading a portion of an object that faces the reading surface when the reading unit is at the reading position. When the reading unit is at a position other than the reading position, the reading surface is positioned nearer to the axis of rotation than when the reading unit is at the reading position and the reading unit is spaced apart from the facing member.

Abstract: In a reading apparatus including a first conveying device including a first and a second movable unit to cause the sheet to pass through the first position; and a second conveying device including a third and a fourth movable unit to cause the sheet to pass through the second position; characterized in that when the reading device reads the sheet at the first position, a moving velocity of the second movable unit is larger than a moving velocity of the first movable unit, and when the reading device reads the sheet at the second position, a moving velocity of the fourth movable unit is larger than a moving velocity of the third movable unit.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a rolling apparatus capable of accurately detecting a rolling direction force applied to a work roll chock. [Solution] A rolling apparatus for flat-rolled metal materials includes a pair of upper and lower work rolls 1 and 2, and a pair of upper and lower backup rolls 3 and 4. The rolling apparatus includes a pair of work roll chocks 5 and 6 configured to hold the respective work rolls, housings 10 configured to hold the work roll chocks, and load detection devices 21 to 24 provided in the work roll chocks, the load detection devices each detecting a load acting on one of the housings from one of the work roll chocks on an entry side in a rolling direction or on an exit side in the rolling direction.

Abstract: A content recommendation system includes: an attribute value storage means which stores one or more attribute values of attributes for each content; a preference distribution storage means which stores a user preference degree for each attribute value; an attribute value acquisition means which acquires an attribute value of at least one attribute for each content; a preference distribution update means which updates the storage contents in the preference distribution storage means in accordance with the acquired attribute value; a condition determination means which selects an attribute value of one or more attributes in accordance with probability based on the user preference degree stored in the preference distribution storage means and determines the condition of the attribute value of the one or more attributes in accordance with the selected attribute value; and a content selection means which selects some or all of the contents in accordance with the determined condition.

Abstract: A rolling apparatus for flat-rolled metal materials including a pair of upper and lower work rolls 1 and 2 includes a pair of work roll chocks 5 and 6 configured to hold the respective work rolls 1 and 2, housings 10 configured to hold the work roll chocks, and rolling direction force measurement devices 21, 22, 23, and 24 configured to measure rolling direction forces. The rolling direction force measurement devices include a plurality of load detection devices on an entry side or an exit side of the work roll chocks in a rolling direction, and the plurality of load detection devices are provided to one of the housings, and the plurality of load detection devices are disposed in a manner that, during rolling of the flat-rolled metal materials, at least two of the load detection devices are arranged adjacent to each other in a draft direction facing a side surface of a corresponding one of the work roll chocks.

Abstract: A servo regulator that causes a servo piston to move on the basis of working fluid pressure in two pressure chambers includes: a sleeve that is inserted into an insertion hole formed in a case and has a supply port capable of supplying a working fluid from a fluid pressure source to one of the pressure chambers; a spool valve disposed in the sleeve so as to be biased by a biasing member; and a solenoid that is attached to the case in order to drive the spool valve via a plunger. The sleeve includes a pressure receiving portion on which a fluid pressure of the working fluid from the fluid pressure source is exerted, and is pressed against an end surface of the solenoid by a biasing force acting on the pressure receiving portion.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a method of treating osteoporosis by PTH that has excellent safety and high efficacy. To provide a method for inhibiting/preventing bone fractures by PTH that has excellent safety. And to provide a drug to do this. [Means of Achievement] A drug containing PTH as the active ingredient, characterized in that a unit dose of PTH of 100 to 200 units is administered weekly in the above method.

Abstract: A recoil starter exemplified in the embodiment includes: a starter case; a rope reel; a recoil rope; a ratchet; and a drive pulley. When the rope reel is rotated by pulling the recoil rope, the ratchet pivots to engage an engaged unit of the drive pulley to thereby transmit a torque of the rope reel to an engine. The rope reel has: a ratchet receiving unit; and a reinforcing unit. The ratchet receiving unit is arranged to receive a front end portion of the ratchet when it is engaged with the engaged unit of the drive pulley. And, the reinforcing unit extends in a circumferential direction of the rope reel with respect to the ratchet receiving unit as its leg portion.

Abstract: Provided is a rotary cutter for a mower that achieves easy and rapid cord insertion and improved work efficiency. A rotary cutter for a mower includes: a cord cutting grass or the like; a reel housing the cord, a case and a cover housing the reel therein; a pressing body rotating the reel; and a resilient element elastically supporting the case and the cover, and the rotary cutter is configured such that the reel axially moved by rotation of the pressing body so as to come into contact with the pressing body, and the cord is wound around the reel while being clamped in a clearance created between the reel due to the axial movement of the reel.

Abstract: There is provided a client device including a storage section which stores content data, a control section which acquires content identification information for identifying the content data stored in the storage section, and a transmission section which transmits, to a server device, a registration request including user identification information for identifying a user who uses the client device and the content identification information acquired by the control section, and which, when the server device holds the content data identified by the content identification information, causes the server device to hold information obtained by associating the user identification information with the content identification information as user-specific registration information.

Abstract: A terminal includes a task information acquiring unit which acquires information on a task of data processing, and a communication task generator which generates a send task to allow a source apparatus of data required by the task to transmit the data required by the task to an apparatus executing the task and which transmits the send task to the source apparatus, when the source apparatus is another apparatus, which is different from the apparatus executing the task and which is connected to the apparatus executing the task via a network.

Abstract: There is provided a client device including a storage section which stores content data, a control section which acquires content identification information for identifying the content data stored in the storage section, and a transmission section which transmits, to a server device, a registration request including user identification information for identifying a user who uses the client device and the content identification information acquired by the control section, and which, when the server device holds the content data identified by the content identification information, causes the server device to hold information obtained by associating the user identification information with the content identification information as user-specific registration information.

Abstract: Disclosed if an information processing device including a display control unit that controls a display of an input screen capable of inputting evaluations of an item based on a plurality of viewpoints, in accordance with a plurality of axes representing different viewpoints; an evaluation acquisition unit that acquires the evaluations of the item which are input by a user by the use of the input screen; and a transmission control unit that controls transmission of the evaluations of the item to another information processing device.

Abstract: A rotating electrical-machine control system is provided with: a rotating electrical-machine comprising a rotor further comprising permanent magnets that are divided into a dividing-number of sections; an inverter circuit that drives the rotating electrical-machine by PWM control, using a carrier wave having a carrier frequency; a storage unit that has stored therein a relationship file that indicates the relationship between the dividing-number of the magnets, the magnet temperature, and the carrier frequency; and a control apparatus.

Abstract: A vehicle driving support apparatus in which a cruise control unit starts to blink a hazard light when it is determined that a subject vehicle is stopped by collision prevention control through an automatic braking intervention. The blinking is continued until a predetermined operation input is performed by a driver so as to call the attention of a driver of a following vehicle or the like even if the driver is upset due to a sudden stop of the subject vehicle.

Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a rotary cutter for a brush cutter, including: a head main body having a cord guide hole; and a pressure member having a cord inserting guide hole formed to radially penetrate through the pressure member. The pressure member is operable between: a first state in which the cord inserting guide hole of the pressure member is aligned with the cord guide hole of the head main body so that a cutting code is insertable into the head main body; and a second state in which the pressure member is pushed inwardly of the head main body from the first state; a third state in which the pressure member is rotated with respect to the head main body from the second state so that the inserted cutting code is made into a bent state.

Abstract: A rotary cutter for a mower has a cord for cutting grass and the like by rotating itself; a reel for housing the cord and feeding the cord while intermittently rotating; a case for housing the reel; a cover for covering the case; and a pressing body protruding from the case. The pressing body is axially movable by being pressed, and intermittently rotating the reel. The reel and the pressing body are integrally constructed. Concave grooves for inserting the cord are provided in the reel in a radial direction and the cord is wound by fitting it to the concave grooves.

Abstract: There is provided a driving support apparatus for a vehicle. A driving control unit determines whether or not a three-dimensional object ahead is a three-dimensional object having high reliability as a control object for an automatic brake control based on a condition set beforehand, when possibility of collision between the vehicle and the three-dimensional object ahead is determined to be high. When the reliability of the three-dimensional object ahead as the control object is determined to be low and the amount of increase in the accelerator opening degree is equal to or larger than a set value, the driving control unit cancels the execution of the automatic brake control.

Abstract: A rotary cutter for a mower has a cord for cutting grass and the like by rotating itself; a reel for housing the cord and feeding the cord while intermittently rotating; a case for housing the reel; a cover for covering the case; and a pressing body protruding from the case. The pressing body is axially movable by being pressed, and intermittently rotating the reel. The reel and the pressing body are integrally constructed. Concave grooves for inserting the cord are provided in the reel in a radial direction and the cord is wound by fitting it to the concave grooves.