Abstract: A bicycle hub axle adapter basically includes a hub axle adapter main body and at least one retaining member. The hub axle adapter main body is configured to be inserted into a bicycle hub having a hollow hub axle. The at least one retaining member is disposed on an external surface of the hub axle adapter main body for contacting an internal surface of the hollow hub axle.

Abstract: A drive circuit is a drive circuit for turning on an LED and includes a self-excited inverter supplying power to the LED, wherein the self-excited inverter includes thermistors, and supplies, depending on temperature dependency of the thermistors, the first power value to the LED when a temperature is the first temperature, and the second power value to the LED when a temperature is the second temperature higher than the first temperature, and the second power value is smaller than the third power value that a circuit which is not provided with the thermistors and supplies the first power value to the LED when the temperature is a first temperature supplies to the LED when a temperature is the second temperature.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting temperatures of power-conversion semiconductor elements, which is applicable to a system including a plurality of power-conversion semiconductor elements and a plurality of temperature signal outputs for outputting temperature signals correlated to temperatures of the respective semiconductor elements. In the apparatus, the temperature signal outputted from at least one of the temperature signal outputs is input directly to a microcomputer without passing through at least one input-output interface. The temperature signals outputted from the other two or more temperature signal outputs are input to a plurality of input ports of the at least one input-output interface sequentially connected to an output of the interface.

Abstract: A bicycle hub kit includes a hub axle, a hub shell, a bearing unit, first and second end nuts, and a retaining member. The bearing unit has a first ring, a second ring, and a plurality of rollers. The first and second end nuts are interchangeably coupled to an axle end of the hub axle. The retaining member retains an axial position of the first ring of the bearing unit with respect to the hub axle. The retaining member is disposed between the first ring of the bearing unit and one of the first and second end nuts. The first and second end nuts have first and second through holes, respectively. The second through hole of the second end nut has an inner diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of the first through hole of the first end nut.

Abstract: A wearable electronic device according to the present disclosure includes a first belt, front surface of the first belt being provided with a displaying unit having a curved display face; a second belt; a hinge that connects a first end of the first belt to a first end of the second belt. A shape of a space formed by the first and second belts is an elliptical shape when the device worn around a subject is viewed from a side. The hinge has higher flexibility than the first and second belts. The device has a first engagement unit provided at a second end and a rear surface of the first belt, and in a region where the elliptical shape has smaller curvature than other regions. The device has a second engagement unit provided at an outer side of the second belt and engaging with the first engagement unit.

Abstract: A ball screw includes: an end deflector; and a nut having a housing portion in which the end deflector is housed; in which the end deflector is formed of two or more division members, and at least one of the division members includes a protruding portion that contacts a wall surface forming the housing portion.

Abstract: An electronic device that increases both visibility and selectability of executable programs. The electronic device includes a touch panel display having an elongated shape, a memory storing programs, and a processor controlling program execution and the display. The touch panel includes a first display region and a second display region contiguous with and narrower than the first display region. The display displays an execution image of a first program in the first display region and an icon image of a second program in the second display region in a smaller display area than the execution image. When the processor detects contact at the icon image and detects that the contact moves towards the first display region, the processor causes the display to display an execution image of the second program in the first display region.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a mold that is capable of high-precision, stable patterning, and improved in terms of handleability as well, and a manufacturing method thereof. The mold of the invention has a pattern-formation surface defined by one surface, wherein the pattern-formation layer has a projection-and-depression structure area for patterning, and a base surface defined by another surface. At least the pattern-formation layer and the base surface each comprise a polydimethylsiloxane layer. Given a low-molecular-weight siloxane of a cyclic structure represented by [—Si(CH3)2O—]k where k is an integer of 3 to 20 inclusive, the polydimethylsiloxane layer positioned on the pattern-formation layer comprises a high-content polydimethylsiloxane layer containing the low-molecular-weight siloxane in a larger amount, and the polydimethylsiloxane layer positioned on the base surface comprises a low-content polydimethylsiloxane layer containing the low-molecular-weight siloxane in a smaller amount.

Abstract: A bicycle hub assembly includes a hub axle, a hub shell, a bearing unit, a retaining member, a lock member and an intermediate member. The bearing unit has a first ring that is coupled to the hub axle, a second ring that is coupled to the hub shell, and a plurality of rollers that is disposed between the first and second rings. The retaining member is coupled to the first ring and retains an axial position of the first ring with respect to the hub axle. The retaining member includes a first attachment face. The lock member is fixedly coupled to the hub axle. The lock member includes a second attachment face that faces the first attachment face of the retaining member. The intermediate member is disposed between the first attachment face of the retaining member and the second attachment face of the lock member.

Abstract: A bicycle wheel rim structure is provided with a rim, a cap and a tape. The rim includes a first annular side portion, a second annular side portion and an annular bridge portion extending between the first and second annular side portions. The bridge portion has at least one opening. The cap includes a base plate and a projection. The base plate overlies an outer rim surface of the annular bridge portion. The projection extends from the base plate into the at least one opening. The tape is attached to the outer rim surface of the annular bridge portion and overlying the base plate of the cap. The tape is dimensioned to cover an interface between a peripheral edge of the base plate of the cap and the outer rim surface of the annular bridge portion.

Abstract: A wireless terminal device includes: a processor connected to a memory, configured to: acquire an estimated reception sensitivity of the wireless terminal device based on reception powers from a plurality of other wireless terminal devices with which the wireless terminal device performs random access communication, notify the other wireless terminal devices of the estimated reception sensitivity of the wireless terminal device, and select a transmission destination from among the other wireless terminal devices based on requested reception powers of the other wireless terminal devices, the requested reception powers being calculated based on estimated reception sensitivities of the other wireless terminal devices notified from the other wireless terminal devices.

Abstract: A V-LED emits violet narrowband light. A G-LED emits green light. A filter limits wavelengths of the green light to pass green narrowband light. The V-LED and the G-LED are turned on alternately to apply the violet narrowband light and the green narrowband light alternately to an object. A complementary color image sensor has a Cy pixel and an Mg pixel, which are sensitive to both the violet narrowband light and the green narrowband light. The complementary color image sensor images the object under illumination of the violet narrowband light to output a first image signal and images the object under illumination of the green narrowband light to output a second image signal. Based on the first and second image signals, a special image, in which surface structure (surface blood vessels) and subsurface structure (subsurface blood vessels) are isolated from each other, is produced and displayed on a monitor.

Abstract: A radio relay method for relaying signal transmitted and received between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, the radio relay method including: selecting a first relay method amplifying and transmitting reception signal, or a second relay method decoding, error correcting, re-encoding, and transmitting the reception signal, based on each reception quality between the relay station apparatus and the base station apparatus and between the relay station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus; and relaying the signal based on the selected first relay method or the selected second relay method.

Abstract: A connector is connected with a connector joint structure formed in separators in a fuel cell. The connector has: a connector casing; a terminal element that is provided in the connector casing and is configured to be in contact with an edge side of the separator and to be elastically deformed in an insertion direction of the connector that is orthogonal to a stacking direction of the separators, when the connector is connected with the connector joint structure; and an engagement element that is formed in the connector casing and is configured to engage with the connector joint structure and restrict motion of the connector in the insertion direction when the connector is connected with the connector joint structure.

Abstract: A light bulb-shaped lamp according to the present invention includes: a board on which an LED is mounted; a circuit board on which a drive circuit that turns on the LED is mounted; output wires for supplying power for turning on the LED from the drive circuit to the LED; a pedestal; and a potential-stabilizing wire electrically connecting the pedestal to a circuit ground of the drive circuit.

Abstract: The inventions provides a method for immunologically determining a keratan sulfate level which method includes bringing an anti-keratan sulfate monoclonal antibody into contact with a biological sample, the anti-keratan sulfate monoclonal antibody exhibiting a relative reaction specificity between keratan sulfate-I and keratan sulfate-II represented by IC50KS-I/KS-II of 0.4 to 5, to thereby provide a signal; and detecting keratan sulfate contained in the biological sample from the signal. On the basis of the method, the invention also provides a joint disease detection method and a method for assessing the effect of a remedy for a joint disease and a candidate substance therefor. Through these methods, a very small amount of keratan sulfate contained in a sample, can be determined. Particularly, these methods can determine, at high-sensitivity and high-specificity, the total keratan sulfate including keratan sulfate-I, which have been difficult to determine through a conventional technique.

Abstract: A radio relay method for relaying signal transmitted and received between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, the radio relay method including: selecting a first relay method amplifying and transmitting reception signal, or a second relay method decoding, error correcting, re-encoding, and transmitting the reception signal, based on each reception quality between the relay station apparatus and the base station apparatus and between the relay station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus; and relaying the signal based on the selected first relay method or the selected second relay method.

Abstract: Upon producing a meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber by wet spinning a polymer solution containing a meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide containing a m-phenylenediamine isophthalamide skeleton as a major component, and an amide solvent containing a salt, (1) the polymer solution is ejected into a coagulation bath containing an amide solvent and water and containing a salt at a low concentration to coagulate as a porous thread body (fibrous material), (2) which is subsequently stretched in a plastic stretching bath containing an aqueous solution of an amide solvent, (3) is rinsed with water and then subjected to a heat treatment in a saturated steam atmosphere, and (4) is then subjected to a dry heat treatment, so as to produce a novel meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber that contains an extremely small amount of a solvent remaining in the fibers, contains a small amount of a volatile substance harmful in a heat treatment step at a high temperature, is capable of suppressing coloration of a fiber p

Abstract: A drive circuit is a drive circuit for turning on an LED and includes a self-excited inverter supplying power to the LED, wherein the self-excited inverter includes thermistors, and supplies, depending on temperature dependency of the thermistors, the first power value to the LED when a temperature is the first temperature, and the second power value to the LED when a temperature is the second temperature higher than the first temperature, and the second power value is smaller than the third power value that a circuit which is not provided with the thermistors and supplies the first power value to the LED when the temperature is a first temperature supplies to the LED when a temperature is the second temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engines which includes a boronated imide-based dispersant, or the boronated imide-based dispersant and a non-boronated imide-based dispersant, in which a boron content (B % by mass) derived from the boronated imide-based dispersant and a nitrogen content (N % by mass) derived from the boronated imide-based dispersant or derived from the boronated imide-based dispersant and the non-boronated imide-based dispersant satisfy the following formula (I): N?B+0.05 (I); and a phosphorus content (P % by mass) and a content of a metal component (M % by mass) derived from a metallic detergent on the basis of a total amount of the composition satisfy any of the following requirements A to C: A: P<0.03 and M<0.05; B: P<0.03 and 0.05?M?0.12; and C: 0.03?P?0.06 and M<0.05.