Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a movable member and the movable member includes a detection portion and a float. The liquid cartridge also includes a restriction member and the restriction member includes an operation portion and a restriction portion. When the operation portion is in a first position, the restriction portion is configured to contact the movable member such that the movement of the float is restricted within a restricted range. When the operation portion is in a second position, the restriction portion is configured to release the movable member such that the float is positioned in a free range which is above the restricted range.

Abstract: A method and a radio parameter control system, as well as a network operation management apparatus and a radio station, are provided that enable optimization control for problems varying with sites of occurrence. Using location information at the time of measurement included in a measurement report from a radio terminal (30) located in a radio cell (C10), quality indicators based on measurement information acquired by the radio terminals or the radio station are compiled in association with areas (Ai), each of which is smaller than the radio cell (C10), and control of a radio parameter is performed in the radio cell or across a plurality of radio cells, based on a result of compilation of the quality indicators for each area.

Abstract: A spectrum control system according to the present invention is a spectrum control system that evaluates whether or not to allow a second wireless communication system to perform secondary use on a frequency band that is allowed to be preferentially used by a first wireless communication system, and includes a request distinguish unit (102) that evaluates a possibility of the secondary use influencing the first wireless communication system and an evaluation unit (101) that evaluates whether or not to allow the secondary use of the frequency band, which has been evaluated that there is a possibility that the frequency band may influence the first wireless communication system using an evaluation criterion more specific than that of the request distinguish unit (102).

Abstract: A handover failure detection device (121) detects at least one of handover failure types regarding outgoing handover from a first cell (131) managed by a first base station (111) by observing: (a) presence/absence of reception by the first base station (111) of an acknowledgment response to a handover command regarding first handover of a mobile terminal (101) from the first cell (131) to a second cell (132) managed by a second base station (112); and (b) presence/absence of a request for connection re-establishment from the mobile terminal (101) to the first cell (131), the request occurring after initiation of the first handover. As a result, it contributes to improvement of handover failure detection or reduction of handover failure in a situation where exchange of information between base stations is restricted.

Abstract: A radio parameter control apparatus (1) includes a measurement report collection unit (10) and a radio parameter determination unit (11). The measurement report collection unit (10) collects a plurality of measurement reports generated by at least one mobile station (5), each of the measurement reports containing a measurement result of radio quality of a first cell (62) managed by a base station (4). The radio parameter determination unit (11) determines, based on the plurality of measurement reports so as to reduce the number of cell-edge mobile stations deemed to be located at a cell edge between the first cell (62) and a neighboring cell (61), an updated value of a radio parameter capable of changing coverage of the first cell (62).

Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a casing, a carriage, and a cartridge. The carriage is configured to move in a first direction and a second direction. The cartridge is configured to be removably mounted on the carriage and includes a first cartridge and a second cartridge. The first cartridge has a first grip part. The second cartridge has a second grip part. The carriage is configured to move between a first position where the first grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through a first opening and a second position where the second grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through a second opening.

Abstract: A method for estimating a network communication load without performing actual communication and a wireless communication terminal are provided. A wireless communication terminal (10) connectable to a network (NW) includes a load estimation section (14), and the load estimation section (14) estimates a communication load of the network NW by using a first quality index that does not depend on a network communication load and a second communication index that depends on a network communication load.

Abstract: There is provided a printer including: an ink-jet head; a first rotatable body; a first attaching mechanism attaching a printing medium to the first rotatable body; a separating mechanism separating the printing medium from the first rotatable body; and a control mechanism. In the printer, first to forth routes are formed. In transporting the printing medium, the control mechanism causes the printing medium having been subjected to printing on a first surface by the ink-jet head to pass through the first route, next to pass through the second route and the third route at least once, thereafter to separate from the first rotatable body, and further to pass through the fourth route to be reversed.

Abstract: In an extraction tank, a plating solution containing rare earth metal ions is treated with an extracting solution of an extractant in a water-insoluble organic solvent. Extraction treatment is carried out by atomizing the extracting solution through a lower nozzle into the plating solution in the tank lower zone, and atomizing the plating solution through an upper nozzle into the extracting solution in the tank upper zone, for thereby bringing the plating solution in contact with the extracting solution to extract rare earth metal ions from the plating solution into the extractant for removal.

Abstract: A liquid consuming apparatus includes a liquid cartridge, a detector, and a controller. The liquid cartridge includes a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber. The detector is configured to output a detection signal based on an amount of liquid which has flowed from the first liquid chamber to the second liquid chamber. The controller is configured to measure, based on the detection signal output from the detector, a physical quantity, based on which a flow rate of liquid flowing from the first liquid chamber to the second liquid chamber can be specified, and is configured to determine whether the physical quantity is within a threshold range.

Abstract: A rare earth metal extractant containing, as the extractant component, dialkyldiglycol amide acid which is excellent in breaking down light rare earth elements is reacted in diglycolic acid (X mol) and an esterification agent (Y mol) at a reaction temperature of 70° C. or more and for a reaction time of one hour or more such that the mol ratio of Y/X is 2.5 or more, and is subjected to vacuum concentration. Subsequently, a reaction intermediate product is obtained by removing unreacted products and reaction residue. Then a nonpolar or low-polar solvent which is an organic solvent for forming an organic phase during solvent extraction of the rare earth metal and which is capable of dissolving dialkyldiglycol amide acid is added as the reaction solvent, and the reaction intermediate product is reacted with dialkyl amine (Z mol) such that the mol ratio of Z/X is 0.9 or more.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a casing, a carriage, and a cartridge. The carriage is configured to move in a first direction and a second direction. The cartridge is configured to be removably mounted on the carriage and includes a first cartridge and a second cartridge. The first cartridge has a first grip part. The second cartridge has a second grip part. The carriage is configured to move between a first position where the first grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through a first opening and a second position where the second grip part is exposed and positioned outside the casing through a second opening.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a casing, a carriage, a cartridge, an ejection unit, a conveying mechanism, an access unit, and a controller. The conveying mechanism is configured to convey the cartridge between a second position where the cartridge is mounted on the carriage and a third position where at least part of the cartridge is exposed outside the casing. The access unit is configured to access first storage to read cartridge information. The controller is configured to perform a first process to: control the access unit to read the cartridge information from the first storage; determine whether the cartridge information meets a prescribed condition; and control the conveying mechanism to convey the cartridge to the second position, if the cartridge information meets the prescribed condition.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a first mobile station (3) can be wirelessly connected to a first network (5) and can be wirelessly connected to a second mobile station (4) that is wirelessly connected to a second network (6). The first mobile station (3) performs control on whether to be wirelessly connected to the first network (5) or the second mobile station (4) in accordance with the network selected from the first network (5) or the second network (6) based on information regarding the second network (6). It is thus for example possible to contribute to an efficient selection of a communication path of the first mobile station (3) that can use both of a first communication path that is via a direct wireless connection to the first network (5) and a second communication path that is via a wireless connection to another mobile station (4).

Abstract: A handover failure detection device (121) detects at least one of handover failure types regarding outgoing handover from a first cell (131) managed by a first base station (111) by observing: (a) presence/absence of reception by the first base station (111) of a handover completion notification regarding first handover of a mobile terminal (101) from the first cell (131) to a second cell (132) managed by a second base station (112); and (b) presence/absence of a request for connection re-establishment from the mobile terminal (101) to the first cell (131), the request occurring after initiation of the first handover. As a result, it contributes to improvement of handover failure detection or reduction of handover failure in a situation where exchange of information between at least some of base stations has been limited.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid droplet jetting apparatus, including: a liquid droplet jetting head in which a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of individual channels are formed; a purge mechanism; a judgment mechanism which judges whether or not a defective nozzle in which a jetting failure occurs is included in purge target nozzles; a heating mechanism which heats a liquid in the plurality of individual channels; and a controller which controls the purge mechanism and the heating mechanism. In a case that the judgment mechanism judges that the defective nozzle is included in the purge target nozzles, the controller controls the heating mechanism and the purge mechanism to heat the liquid in a part of the plurality of individual channels, which include an individual channel communicating with the defective nozzle, and to execute the purge operation for the purge target nozzles.

Abstract: Transmission power of each base station of a secondary system is determined in such away that a transmission capacity of the secondary system is increased as much as possible while interference with a first radio system (primary system) is suppressed by properly controlling the transmission power of a plurality of second transmission stations. A second transmission station transmission power determination means is provided, which determines the transmission power used in each of the second transmission stations based on a first condition that satisfies an allowable value in relation to a system interference amount as an interference amount given to a first reception station as a predetermined reception station of the first radio system by all of the plurality of second transmission stations as transmission stations of a second radio system using a frequency band allocated to the first radio system or a frequency band allowed to be preferentially used.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a wireless station, a determination apparatus, a wireless communication system, a determination method, and a storage medium which can carry out appropriate interference causing control in a secondary system adaptively to an actual environment with no change in a configuration of a primary system. [Means to solve the problem] A wireless station includes a determination means to determine at least one monitoring station measuring a wireless signal, which is transmitted by the wireless station and which causes interference to another system, out of plural wireless stations of a wireless communication system to which the wireless station belongs.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a controller (3) operates to control, based on at least one condition, utilization by a first radio station (1) of a shared frequency shared by a plurality of radio systems including a radio communication system (100). The at least one condition includes a first condition regarding communication capability on the shared frequency of at least one radio terminal (2) belonging to a cell (11) operated by the first radio station (1). This embodiment therefore contributes to efficient utilization of the shared frequency (e.g., TVWS) shared by the plurality of radio systems.

Abstract: A vibration layer is formed by the AD method on a cavity plate before forming pressure chambers, a common electrode is formed on the vibration layer, and a piezoelectric layer is formed on the common electrode by the AD method. Subsequently, the pressure chambers are formed in the cavity plate by the etching. After that, individual electrodes are formed on the piezoelectric layer. Subsequently, the stack of the cavity plate, the vibration layer, the common electrode, the piezoelectric layer, and the individual electrodes is heated at about 850° C. to simultaneously perform the annealing of the piezoelectric layer and the sintering of the individual electrodes and the common electrode. Accordingly, the atoms of the cavity plate are suppressed from being diffused into the driving portions of the piezoelectric layer.