Abstract: Methods and compositions for using a tetracycline compound to treat bacterial infections are described. In one embodiment, for example, the invention provides a method of treating a subject for an infection, comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of 9-[(2,2-dimethyl-propyl amino)-methyl]-minocycline or a salt thereof, such that said subject is treated, wherein said infection is selected from the group consisting of MSSA, MRSA, B-streptococci, Viridans streptococci, Enterococcus, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A communication device that performs multi-link and multi-user communication is provided. A communication device includes a communication unit capable of wirelessly communicating on a plurality of links, a communication processing unit that performs processing of simultaneously receiving data from a plurality of transmission-side communication devices, and a control unit that performs control to receive data using an optimum link from each of the plurality of transmission-side communication devices. The control unit transmits a trigger request signal for requesting information regarding a transmission opportunity from the plurality of transmission-side communication devices on a link on which a reception opportunity has been acquired, and determines an optimum link for each transmission-side communication device on the basis of a request response signal from the plurality of transmission-side communication devices.

Abstract: A communication device that increases transmission efficiency by using a plurality of links is to be provided. A communication device that performs wireless communication using a plurality of links sends, during a period of transmission using a first link, a notification of information regarding a change in the transmission period in the first link, the change being caused by further transmission using a second link. The communication device sends, in the first link, a notification of information indicating whether or not acquisition of a transmission right is being attempted in the second link, and sends, in the second link, a notification of information indicating whether or not at least information regarding a transmission period written in a frame to be transmitted in the first link has been changed, and the information regarding the change in the transmission period in the first link.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a support member configured to support a printhead, a rotating member configured to be supported by the support member so as to be rotatable to an open position at which the printhead is capable of being attached to or detached from the support member and a closed position, a shaft portion arranged on one of the rotating member and the support member, a shaft supporting portion arranged on the other of the rotating member and the support member, the shaft portion being inserted to the shaft supporting portion in an axial direction, and a structure configured to regulate displacement of the rotating member in the axial direction in a predetermined rotation range of the rotating member, and permit displacement of the rotating member in the axial direction in a rotation position outside the predetermined rotation range.

Abstract: A current sensor includes at least one magnetoelectric conversion element, a conductor that at least partially surrounds the at least one magnetoelectric conversion element in a plan view and through which a measurement current to be measured with the at least one magnetoelectric conversion element flows, an element supporting portion comprised of a semiconductor substrate, and supports the at least one magnetoelectric conversion element and the conductor on a first surface, a signal processing IC that processes a signal that is output from the at least one magnetoelectric conversion element, an encapsulating portion that encapsulates the at least one magnetoelectric conversion element, the conductor, and the signal processing IC, and a pair of first lead terminals that is partially exposed on a side surface of the encapsulating portion and is electrically connected to the conductor, inputs the measurement current to the conductor and outputs the measurement current from the conductor.

Abstract: A current sensor is configured such that at least one magnetoelectric conversion element, a conductor, and a signal processing IC are encapsulated with an encapsulating portion. The current sensor is comprised of a pair of first lead terminals that is partially exposed on a side surface of the encapsulating portion, is electrically connected to the conductor, inputs a measurement current to the conductor, and outputs the measurement current from the conductor; a metal member that is partially exposed on a side surface of the encapsulating portion and is spaced apart from the conductor; and an element supporting portion that is comprised of a metal plate or a semiconductor substrate, supports the at least one magnetoelectric conversion element and a metal member on a surface on a same side as the first surface, and is spaced apart from the conductor.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in a first direction toward a recording head for ejecting a liquid, a tank including a containing chamber containing the liquid to be supplied to the recording head, and an injection port through which the liquid is injected into the containing chamber, the tank being disposed downstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction, a rotatable lever that holds a tank cap for closing the injection port, and a cover that rotates about a rotation shaft between an open position for exposing the lever and a closed position for covering the lever, the rotation shaft being disposed upstream of the conveyance unit in the first direction. The cover includes a sliding portion that is provided on a surface facing the lever and comes into contact with the lever while the cover is rotating toward the closed position.

Abstract: A communication device that performs multi-link and multi-user communication is provided. A communication device includes a communication unit capable of wirelessly communicating on a plurality of links, a communication processing unit that performs processing of simultaneously transmitting data to a plurality of reception-side communication devices, and a control unit that performs control to transmit data using an optimum link to each of the plurality of reception-side communication devices. The control unit performs control to transmit a trigger request signal for requesting information regarding a reception opportunity from the plurality of reception-side communication devices on a link on which a transmission opportunity has been acquired, and determine an optimum link for each reception-side communication device on the basis of a request response signal from the plurality of reception-side communication devices.

Abstract: A weight (weighting factor, and Matrix of Steering Vectors) for performing joint transmission together with another wireless base station is efficiently generated. The wireless base station performs the joint transmission with the another wireless base station. The wireless base station includes a wireless control unit and a communication unit. The wireless control unit generates information regarding channel state information between a terminal which is a destination at the time of performing the joint transmission and a plurality of wireless base stations which is a transmission source of the joint transmission. The communication unit transmits the information regarding the generated channel state information to the another wireless base station that performs the joint transmission.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus includes a droplet supplier to supply a target droplet inside a vacuum chamber, an irradiator irradiating a pulsed laser onto the target droplet, a condensing mirror installed inside the vacuum chamber and configured to condense a light emitted from the target droplet by irradiation of the pulsed laser onto the target droplet, a gas supplier to flow a hydrogen gas along a surface of the condensing mirror, a controller to change a supply condition of the target droplet and an irradiation condition of the pulsed laser to conditions different from conditions during an exposure operation to increase an amount of production of hydrogen radicals in the vacuum chamber, and an exhaust pump to exhaust a gas from an inside of the vacuum chamber.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a tank including a chamber configured to store liquid to be supplied to a recording head that ejects the liquid and a filling port from which the liquid is injected into the chamber, and an injection auxiliary member configured to assist injecting of the liquid into the chamber from the filling port, the injection auxiliary member including a first and a second flow channels each defined by a first or a second upper end portion that opens toward outside of the tank and a first or a second lower end portion that opens toward inside of the tank, wherein the second flow channel has an expansion portion arranged in a middle portion between the second upper end portion and the second lower end portion and configured to form a step to expand a cross-sectional area.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a carriage on which a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid is mounted, the carriage being reciprocally movable in a scanning direction; a guide member that extends in the scanning direction and that guides movement of the carriage in the scanning direction; and a sliding member that is provided on the carriage and has a sliding surface that slides with a guide surface of the guide member via a lubricant, in a case where the carriage moves in the scanning direction. The carriage has a projecting portion that projects farther toward one side in the scanning direction than the sliding member. A gap formed between the projecting portion and the guide surface becomes smaller toward the sliding member in the scanning direction.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device and a communication method which make it possible to determine an optimum transmission route. Provided is a communication device including a control unit that performs control for exchanging information used to determine a multi-hop transmission route with another communication device using wireless communication, and determining an optimum transmission route based on the amount of transmission data increased at the time of performing processing by a plurality of communication devices in cooperation when the transmission route is determined based on the information. The present technology can be applied to, for example, equipment that constitutes a wireless LAN system.

Abstract: A communication device that enables more suitable retransmission of undelivered data in communication using a plurality of links. A transmission side communication device controls parallel transmission of data using the plurality of links in a wireless network, and sets retransmission of undelivered data using available links when the undelivered data is generated on a predetermined one of links. A reception side communication device controls parallel reception of data using the plurality of links in the wireless network, sets reception acknowledgment information including information specifying the reception situation of the data in the other link when returning reception acknowledgment information on one of the links, and controls the return of the reception acknowledgment information to set up links to receive retransmission data.

Abstract: A sensor housing has a receiving recess at one end portion of the sensor housing located at one end of the sensor housing. The one end portion of the sensor housing faces first and second magnetic circuit portions. A circuit board is received in the receiving recess and has an opening, a front-side region and a rear-side region. The front-side region is located on a side of the opening where the one end of the sensor housing is placed. The rear-side region is located on an opposite side of the opening. A main body of a magnetic sensing device overlaps the opening such that terminals projecting from one of a pair of side walls of the main body are located at the front-side region, and terminals projecting from another one of the pair of side walls is located at the rear-side region.

Abstract: Defining one treatment cycle as comprising a filtration step J for using a filter membrane to filter water to be treated in a filtration tank and a filtration stopping step K for stopping filtration, this method, for administering a coagulant in water treatment that involves repeating the treatment cycle C1 to C5 to treat water to be treated, starts administration of the coagulant into the filtration tank when the membrane load index becomes greater than or equal to a first threshold value, wherein the membrane load index is defined as the amount of increase in transmembrane pressure per unit time in the filtration step J.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device enabling improvement of communication quality. A communication device includes a control unit configured to, in performing joint reception with a first communication device on a reception signal from one or more second communication devices, perform control of: generating first information indicating likelihood information of the reception signal for every second communication device; generating second information regarding an information amount of the first information that can be stored in a storage unit configured to temporarily store the likelihood information; and transmitting the first information and the second information to the first communication device. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a device constituting a wireless LAN system.

Abstract: A rotation angle detection device includes a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a calculation unit. The first detection unit detects a first rotation angle of a steering shaft that rotates with a steering wheel. The second detection unit detects a second rotation angle of a motor shaft coupled to the steering shaft via a speed reduction mechanism. The calculation unit receives the first rotation angle from the first detection unit and the second rotation angle from the second detection unit, and calculates the steering angle of the steering shaft based on a difference angle between the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a communication device enabling to suppress deterioration of communication quality. Provided is a communication device that is a first communication device including one or more antennas, and the communication device includes a control unit configured to perform control of: generating first information on the basis of a reference signal transmitted from a second communication device including one or more antennas, the first information including information regarding an arrival time of the reference signal and information indicating that information regarding the arrival time is included, for each combination of the antennas included in the first communication device and the second communication device; and transmitting the generated first information to the second communication device. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a device constituting a wireless LAN system.

Abstract: Interference with another terminal caused by joint transmission of a plurality of wireless base stations is appropriately estimated. A wireless base station includes a wireless control section and a communication section. The wireless control section, when performing joint transmission with a joint wireless base station, generates a reference signal for estimating interference given to a wireless terminal connected to another wireless base station, and determines a setting regarding joint transmission in accordance with a result of estimation of interference based on the reference signal. The communication section transmits a reference signal to another wireless base station or a wireless terminal, and announces, to a joint wireless base station, a setting regarding joint transmission.