Abstract: A developing device includes: an image bearing member; a plurality of developing rollers each supplying toner to the image bearing member, and developing an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member into a toner image; and a hardware processor analyzing values representing density fluctuations during the toner being supplied from the developing rollers to the image bearing member, for the respective developing rollers, and correcting a control value for an image density of at least one developing roller among the developing rollers based on an result of the analyzing so as to eliminate the density fluctuations, in consideration of an effect caused at the developing roller on a downstream side in a rotational direction of the image bearing member by correcting the control value for the image density of the developing roller on an upstream side.

Abstract: A fused amine compound including a furan ring or a thiophene ring and an organic electroluminescence device employing the amine compound. The organic electroluminescence device includes a cathode, an anode, and one or more organic thin film layers which are disposed between the cathode and the anode. The organic thin film layers include a light emitting layer and at least one layer of the organic thin film layers includes at least one amine compound.

Abstract: The present inventors produced a variety of bispecific antibodies that specifically bind to both F. IX/F. IXa and F. X, and functionally substitute for F. VIIIa, i.e., have a cofactor function to promote F. X activation via F. IXa. Among these antibodies, the antibody A44/B26 reduced coagulation time by 50 seconds or more as compared to that observed when the antibody was not added. The present inventors produced a commonly shared L chain antibody from this antibody using L chains of A44, and showed that A44L can be used as commonly shared L chains, although the activity of the resulting antibody is reduced compared to the original antibody (A44HL-B26HL). Further, with appropriate CDR shuffling, the present inventors successfully produced highly active multispecific antibodies that functionally substitute for coagulation factor VIII.

Abstract: Final state-of-charge calculation means is provided which calculates a final state-of-charge of the battery according to state-of-charge estimate values by electric current integration mode state-of-charge estimation means and equivalent circuit model mode state-of-charge estimation means. The final state-of-charge calculation means performs, when a difference between the state-of-charge estimate value by the electric current integration mode state-of-charge estimation means and the state-of-charge estimate value by the equivalent circuit model mode state-of-charge estimation means becomes less than or equal to the state-of-charge difference threshold value, switching of the final state-of-charge from the state-of-charge estimate value by the electric current integration mode state-of-charge estimation means to the state-of-charge estimate value by the equivalent circuit model mode state-of-charge estimation means.

Abstract: A notification control device includes a first communication status detector configured to detect a status of a first communication protocol of communication between a first device and a second device in a process control system, and a second communication status detector configured to detect a status of a second communication protocol of the communication. The first communication status detector inputs into an operation monitoring terminal first notification information to which tag information is added on the basis of notification common information in which a status of the first communication protocol, a status of the second communication protocol, and the tag information are associated and the detected status of first communication protocol. The second communication status detector inputs into the operation monitoring terminal second notification information to which the tag information is added on the basis of the notification common information and the detected status of second communication protocol.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms on a recording material a toner image based on input image information; a fixer that fixes a toner image formed on the recording material; and a hardware processor that controls the image former and the fixer in which the hardware processor controls the image former to supply, to a region where no toner is provided between toner images based on the input image information, complementing toner having a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of toner for forming the toner image based on input image information.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a coating device capable of stably coating a coating agent onto a member to be coated, while preventing the supply of excess coating agent. A coating device is provided with: a roller which rotates in one direction; a tank in which an opening is formed facing the roller and which supplies a coating agent via the opening; a doctor blade provided at the side of the opening on the rotation exit side of the roller; and a doctor blade provided at the side of the opening on the rotation entry side of the roller; wherein a gap formed between the doctor blade and the roller is larger than a gap formed between the doctor blade and the roller.

Abstract: A developing device includes: an image bearing member; a plurality of developing rollers each supplying toner to the image bearing member, and developing an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member into a toner image; and a hardware processor analyzing values representing density fluctuations during the toner being supplied from the developing rollers to the image bearing member, for the respective developing rollers, and correcting a control value for an image density of at least one developing roller among the developing rollers based on an result of the analyzing so as to eliminate the density fluctuations, in consideration of an effect caused at the developing roller on a downstream side in a rotational direction of the image bearing member by correcting the control value for the image density of the developing roller on an upstream side.

Abstract: The compound represented by formula (1): wherein A, B, R1, and R2 are as defined in the description, provides organic electroluminescence (EL) devices having a high emission efficiency when operated at low voltage and a long lifetime and electronic devices including such organic EL devices.

Abstract: A developing device, includes a first storage chamber that stores developer; a first conveyor that is disposed in the first storage chamber and conveys developer; a developer supporter that is disposed so as to face an image supporter, supports developer conveyed from the first conveyor, and conveys the supported developer to a developing position where an electrostatic latent image formed on the image supporter is developed; a second storage chamber that stores developer conveyed via the developing position and communicates with the first storage chamber at a confluent opening; a second conveyor that is disposed in the second storage chamber and conveys developer conveyed via the developing position toward the confluent opening; and a third storage chamber that stores developer overflowing in a case where an amount of developer in the second storage chamber becomes a predetermined amount or more.

Abstract: This in-vehicle DC-DC converter is configured from: a power conversion unit that transmits/receives power between a low-voltage system secondary battery and a high-voltage system secondary battery; low-voltage system AD converters and high-voltage system AD converters, which convert analog values of the currents, voltages, and temperatures of the low-voltage system secondary battery and the high-voltage system secondary battery into digital values; an input switching unit that switches analog values of the high-voltage system secondary battery into analog values of the corresponding low-voltage system secondary battery; and a calculation unit that compares the digital values of the low-voltage system AD converters and the digital values of the high-voltage system AD converters with each other.

Abstract: To provide a controller of a rotary electric machine which can prevent the vibration torque component to be outputted by the rotary electric machine from being upper-limited by the maximum output torque of the rotary electric machine. A controller of a rotary electric machine decreases an amplitude of the vibration torque command value so that a vibration maximum value obtained by adding an amplitude of a vibration torque command value to a basic torque command value becomes less than or equal to an upper limit command value; and calculates a value obtained by upper-limiting an addition torque command value, which is obtained by adding the vibration torque command value to the basic torque command value, by the upper limit command value, as a final torque command value.

Abstract: An overlaid erase block (EB) mapping scheme for a flash memory provides efficient wear-leveling and reduces mount operation latency. The overlaid EB mapping scheme maps a first type of EB onto one of a plurality of physical erase blocks, in a corresponding portion of the flash memory. The first type of EB includes a plurality of pointers. The overlaid EB mapping scheme also maps each of second and third types of EBs onto one of the physical EBs that is not mapped to the first type of EB. The second type of EBs store system management information and the third type of EBs store user data. When the flash memory is started up, the overlaid EB mapping scheme scans the corresponding portion to locate the first type of EB, locates the system EBs using the pointers, and locates the data EBs using the system management information.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode, and an emitting layer, in which the emitting layer contains a first compound, a second compound, and a third compound, a singlet energy S(M1) of the first compound and a singlet energy S(M2) of the second compound satisfy a numerical formula (Numerical Formula 1) below, an electron affinity Af(M1) of the first compound and an electron affinity Af(M2) of the second compound satisfy a numerical formula (Numerical Formula 2) below, and a triplet energy T(M1) of the first compound satisfies a numerical formula (Numerical Formula 3) below, S(M2)?S(M1)×0.95??(Numerical Formula 1) Af (M2)?Af(M1)?0.2eV??(Numerical Formula 2) T(M1)?2.0eV??(Numerical Formula 3).

Abstract: An organic light-emitting medium including a pyrene derivative represented by the following formula (1) and a phenyl-substituted anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (2): wherein Ar1 to Ar4 are independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 20 ring atoms.

Abstract: The present inventors produced a variety of bispecific antibodies that specifically bind to both F. IX/F. IXa and F. X, and functionally substitute for F. VIIIa, i.e., have a cofactor function to promote F. X activation via F. IXa. Among these antibodies, the antibody A44/B26 reduced coagulation time by 50 seconds or more as compared to that observed when the antibody was not added. The present inventors produced a commonly shared L chain antibody from this antibody using L chains of A44, and showed that A44L can be used as commonly shared L chains, although the activity of the resulting antibody is reduced compared to the original antibody (A44HL-B26HL). Further, with appropriate CDR shuffling, the present inventors successfully produced highly active multispecific antibodies that functionally substitute for coagulation factor VIII.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a transfer material in an image forming mode, includes: a photoreceptor rotatable in a predetermined rotation direction; a developer that forms a toner image on the photoreceptor using a two-component developing agent including toner and a carrier; a transferor that transfers the toner image on the photoreceptor onto the transfer material; a carrier collector that applies an electric field corresponding to a collecting bias to a carrier adhering to the photoreceptor to collect the carrier; a carrier detector that detects a carrier remaining on the photoreceptor after collecting the carrier by the carrier collector; and a hardware processor that sets the collecting bias in the image forming mode on the basis of the amount of carriers detected by the carrier detector when a carrier adhesion detecting mode for forcibly causing a carrier to adhere to the photoreceptor is executed.

Abstract: A developing device, includes a first storage chamber that stores developer; a first conveyor that is disposed in the first storage chamber and conveys developer; a developer supporter that is disposed so as to face an image supporter, supports developer conveyed from the first conveyor, and conveys the supported developer to a developing position where an electrostatic latent image formed on the image supporter is developed; a second storage chamber that stores developer conveyed via the developing position and communicates with the first storage chamber at a confluent opening; a second conveyor that is disposed in the second storage chamber and conveys developer conveyed via the developing position toward the confluent opening; and a third storage chamber that stores developer overflowing in a case where an amount of developer in the second storage chamber becomes a predetermined amount or more.

Abstract: An anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (1): wherein in the formula (1), L1 is selected from a single bond and a linking group, and the linking group is selected from a divalent arylene group, a divalent heterocyclic group, and a group formed by linking of 2 to 4 of divalent arylene groups and/or divalent heterocyclic groups. Ar1 is selected from the following formulas (2) and (3). In the formulas (2) and (3), X is selected from an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom. In the formula (2), any one of R11 to R14 is used for bonding to L1. In the formula (3), any one of R21 to R24 is used for bonding to L1. Ar2 is selected from a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group including 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group including 5 to 50 ring atoms.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a color toner supply unit configured to supply, to a recording medium, color toner for forming a toner image on the recording medium; a transparent toner supply unit configured to supply, to the recording medium, transparent toner having no releasability from a surface member bonded to a surface of the recording medium on which the toner image is formed; and a control unit configured to control the transparent toner supply unit to supply the transparent toner to cover the color toner supplied from the color toner supply unit to the recording medium.