Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To achieve adjustment of an electric line based on indexes set separately for harmonic components having different orders in a current in the electric line. [Solution] A power control system causes a device to adjust apparent power in an electric line, and the power control system includes a setting unit that sets an index regarding each adjustment for a harmonic component of a first order group in a current in the electric line, a harmonic component of a second order group higher in order than the first order group in the current in the electric line, and a fundamental component in the current in the electric line, and a control unit that controls each adjustment by the device based on the index set by the setting unit.

Abstract: A fixing device includes an endless belt, a rotatable pressing member contacting an outer circumferential surface of the belt, and a sliding member inside of the belt. The sliding member forms a nip portion by nipping and feeding the belt between itself and the rotatable pressing member and slides on an inner circumferential surface of the belt. The rotatable pressing member nips and feeds the recording material in the nip portion in cooperation with the belt and fixes a toner image on the recording material by applying heat and pressure. The sliding member includes a substrate extending in a widthwise direction of the belt, and the substrate is made of metal and includes a plurality of projections projecting toward the rotatable pressing member.

Abstract: A method of controlling a movable body includes: a step of causing a sensor provided on the movable body to detect an obstacle; a step of determining the position and attitude of a front surface, of the obstacle, opposite to the travel direction of the movable body based on the detection result of the obstacle; a step of generating an avoidance path that avoids the obstacle while heading toward a side of a first direction intersecting the travel direction based on the position and attitude of the front surface; a step of causing the movable body to move along the avoidance path; a step of detecting the obstacle while the movable body is moving along the avoidance path; a step of determining the position and attitude of the side surface of the obstacle on the side of the first direction based on the detection result obtained during movement along the avoidance path; and a step of updating the avoidance path so as to return to a side of a second direction opposite to the first direction while avoiding the obsta

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes a plurality of performance elements that specify pitch data; a sound source that produces musical sounds; and a processor configured to perform the following: when a user performance of the plurality of performance elements satisfies a prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce automatic arpeggio playing sounds corresponding to pitch data specified by the user performance; and when the user performance of the plurality of performance elements does not satisfy the prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce a sound of a pitch data specified by the user performance without producing the automatic arpeggio playing sound.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument includes: a plurality of performance elements that specify pitch data; a sound source that produces musical sounds; and a processor configured to perform the following: when a user performance of the plurality of performance elements satisfies a prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce a sound of a first timbre and a sound of a second timbre, both corresponding to a pitch data specified by the user performance; and when the user performance of the plurality of performance elements does not satisfy the prescribed condition, instructing the sound source to produce the sound of the first timbre corresponding to the pitch data specified by the user performance and not instructing the sound source to produce the sound of the second timbre.

Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a heating rotary member and a pressing rotary member, which form a nip portion, at which a toner image is fixed to a recording material, a mixture job is a job with a mixture of recording materials including a recording material with a first grammage and a recording material with a second grammage greater than the first grammage, one of a plurality of modes is performable in the mixture job, in which a maximum value of an amount of toner on the recording material with the first grammage is greater than a maximum value of the amount of toner on the recording material with the second grammage in the first mode whereas the maximum value on the recording material with the first grammage is equal to the maximum value on the recording material with the second grammage in the second mode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for selecting a cancer patient for whom a combination therapy with a retinoid and a cancer treatment agent is effective, which comprises a step of selecting a cancer patient having a malignant tumor with the infiltration of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the stroma. In addition, the present invention provides a medicament which comprises a cancer patient having a malignant tumor with the infiltration of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the stroma is a subject and is administered in combination of a retinoid and a cancer therapeutic agent.

Abstract: A method of controlling a movable body includes: a step of causing a sensor provided on the movable body to detect an obstacle; a step of determining the position and attitude of a front surface, of the obstacle, opposite to the travel direction of the movable body based on the detection result of the obstacle; a step of generating an avoidance path that avoids the obstacle while heading toward a side of a first direction intersecting the travel direction based on the position and attitude of the front surface; a step of causing the movable body to move along the avoidance path; a step of detecting the obstacle while the movable body is moving along the avoidance path; a step of determining the position and attitude of the side surface of the obstacle on the side of the first direction based on the detection result obtained during movement along the avoidance path; and a step of updating the avoidance path so as to return to a side of a second direction opposite to the first direction while avoiding the obsta

Abstract: A method of deriving a thrust constant representing an occurrence rate of a thrust in relation to a current in a linear motor which includes a magnet extending in a movement direction, and a moving body which includes a coil mounted to a track member in a movable manner, the linear motor generating a thrust in the movement direction between the magnet and the coil by causing the current to flow in the coil, in which an average thrust constant which is an average thrust constant in a long movement zone on the track member is derived based on actual measurement, local thrust constants which are local thrust constants of a plurality of locations on the track member are derived based on each actual measurement, and the thrust constants are derived based on the average thrust constant and the local thrust constant of each location.

Abstract: An electromagnetic valve system for carrying out a compressed air supply to and evacuation from a plurality of air chambers of massage instruments of a pneumatic massage device includes a plurality of first electromagnetic valves each to be connected to a corresponding one of the air chambers; a second electromagnetic valve including a first aperture which communicates with external air; and a plurality of first check valves each within a header in an intermediate location between the second electromagnetic valve and a corresponding one of the air chambers with a connection tube therebetween, the first check valves allowing air to pass from the air chambers toward the second electromagnetic valve only when air pressure on a second electromagnetic valve side is lower than air pressure on an air chamber side.

Abstract: A method of deriving a thrust constant representing an occurrence rate of a thrust in relation to a current in a linear motor which includes a magnet extending in a movement direction, and a moving body which includes a coil mounted to a track member in a movable manner, the linear motor generating a thrust in the movement direction between the magnet and the coil by causing the current to flow in the coil, in which an average thrust constant which is an average thrust constant in a long movement zone on the track member is derived based on actual measurement, local thrust constants which are local thrust constants of a plurality of locations on the track member are derived based on each actual measurement, and the thrust constants are derived based on the average thrust constant and the local thrust constant of each location.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic valve system for carrying out a compressed air supply to and evacuation from a plurality of air chambers of massage instruments of an air-type massage device, comprising: a plurality of first electromagnetic valves which are connected to each air chamber via supply tubes; a second electromagnetic valve further comprising a first aperture which communicates with external air; and a plurality of first check valves which are disposed within a header in an intermediate location between the second electromagnetic valve and each air chamber with a connection tube therebetween, and allow air to pass from the air chambers toward the second electromagnetic valve only when air pressure on the second electromagnetic valve side is lower than air pressure on the air chamber side.

Abstract: A light-weight pneumatic massage apparatus with low operation noise is provided. This apparatus includes a pneumatic massage device and a pump separated from the massage device. The apparatus further includes electromagnetic valves for controlling supply and discharge of pressurized air to and from air chambers of the pneumatic massage device, respectively. Each of the electromagnetic valves includes a displaceable valve member having an armature, and a solenoid for attracting the armature to move the displaceable valve member when a voltage is applied to the solenoid. The apparatus further includes an electromagnetic valve control unit which controls a voltage supplied to the solenoid to open the electromagnetic valves such that the voltage increases from gradually with the passage of time. The armature is attracted onto the end surface of the solenoid within the time period. Then, in a state in which the voltage is reduced to, the armature is maintained attracted onto the solenoid to keep the open state.

Abstract: An installation construction method is provided for boiler facilities in which the boiler facilities include a boiler building configured of a steel structure, a boiler main unit to be installed within the boiler building, various types of equipment to be installed to the boiler main unit, and accessory members which are accessory thereto. During construction of the boiler building, the various types of equipment and the accessory members are carried into the boiler building and installed.

Abstract: A compact and lightweight electromagnetic valve with a check valve is provided. In the electromagnetic valve, a plunger 16 is moved toward an end wall 22 of a housing of the electromagnetic valve by applying a voltage to a solenoid 14. Then, an annular valve seat engaging portion 64 of a valve member 48 attached to the plunger is urged against a valve seat around a fluid outlet 26 formed in the end wall 22 while being elastically deformed, thereby closing the fluid outlet 26. At the same time, a valve pressing member 46 attached to the plunger is separated from a valve member 52 disposed at a fluid opening 24 of an end wall 20 of the housing. Thus, the valve member 52 disposed at the fluid inlet 24 of the housing functions as a check valve to allow pressurized air to flow in from a pump. In a case where a voltage is not applied to the solenoid 14, the plunger 16 is biased toward the fluid inlet by means of a compression spring 60.

Abstract: A light-weight pneumatic massage apparatus with low operation noise is provided. This apparatus includes a pneumatic massage device (12) and a pump (142) separated from the massage device. The apparatus further includes electromagnetic valves (20, 96) for controlling supply and discharge of pressurized air to and from air chambers (16A to 16H) of the pneumatic massage device (12), respectively. Each of the electromagnetic valves includes a displaceable valve member (46) having an armature (74), and a solenoid (44) for attracting the armature to move the displaceable valve member when a voltage is applied to the solenoid. The apparatus further includes an electromagnetic valve control unit (150) which controls a voltage supplied to the solenoid to open the electromagnetic valves such that the voltage increases from V1 to V2 gradually with the passage of time T1. The armature is attracted onto the end surface of the solenoid within the time period T1.

Abstract: An information output network system includes: a route information storage unit that stores plural departure-and-arrival points in public transportation, and information on traveling routes in public transportation regarding the respective plural departure-and-arrival points; an input reception unit, provided in one of the departure-and-arrival points stored in the route information storage unit, that receives an input to specify at least one of the departure-and-arrival points stored in the route information storage unit; a search unit that searches for information on a traveling route from the departure-and-arrival point where the input reception unit is provided to the departure-and-arrival point received by the input reception unit, from the information stored in the route information storage unit; and a search result output unit that outputs the result of search by a search unit.

Abstract: L-Glutamine is produced by culturing a coryneform bacterium which has L-glutamine producing ability and has been modified so that its intracellular glutamine synthetase activity should be enhanced, preferably which has been further modified so that its intracellular glutamate dehydrogenase activity should be enhanced, in a medium to produce and accumulate L-glutamine in the medium and collecting the L-glutamine.

Abstract: L-Glutamine is produced by culturing a coryneform bacterium which has L-glutamine producing ability and has been modified so that its intracellular glutamine synthetase activity should be enhanced, preferably which has been further modified so that its intracellular glutamate dehydrogenase activity should be enhanced, in a medium to produce and accumulate L-glutamine in the medium and collecting the L-glutamine.

Abstract: An installation construction method is provided for boiler facilities in which the boiler facilities include a boiler building configured of a steel structure, a boiler main unit to be installed within the boiler building, various types of equipment to be installed to the boiler main unit, and accessory members which are accessory thereto. During construction of the boiler building, the various types of equipment and the accessory members are carried into the boiler building and installed.