Abstract: A fixing apparatus to fix a toner image to a printing material while nipping and conveying the printing material at a fixing nip includes a film, a guide member, a nip-forming member in a recess of the guide member, a roller, a support member, and a moving mechanism. The guide member in an inner space of the film guides film rotation. The roller is in contact with a film outer circumferential surface. The roller sandwiches the film with the nip-forming member to form the fixing nip. When disposed in the recess, the nip-forming member is movable in a direction parallel to a conveying direction of the printing material. The support member is fixed to an end of the nip-forming member in a longitudinal direction. The moving mechanism moves the support member relative to the guide member in the direction parallel to the conveying direction.

Abstract: Provided is a novel soft capsule. The soft capsule has a shell comprising gellan gum, wherein the soft capsule satisfies the following requirements: (A) the soft capsule has a disintegration time of 60 minutes or less as measured by a disintegration test method specified in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia using water as a test medium; and/or (B) the soft capsule has a ratio of a crush strength (g) to an outer diameter. (mm) (crush strength/outer diameter ratio) of 210 or more.

Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides a capsule that is capable of suppressing volatilization of a highly volatile capsule content through the capsule shell and that is breakable. [Solution] A breakable seamless capsule for a smoking equipment, comprising a content containing an oily ingredient and a capsule shell for encapsulating said content, wherein: the capsule shell contains a polysaccharide; the thickness of the capsule shell is 60 ?m or more; the volatilization content (VC) of the content after leaving the content to stand under an environment at a temperature of 25° C. and a relative humidity of 40% for 4 hours is 3.0 wt % or more with respect to the total weight of the encapsulated content; and the crush strength per diameter of the capsule is 3-8 N/mm. In one embodiment, the crush strength per diameter of the capsule is 3.5-8 N/mm. In another embodiment, the capsule shell does not contain gelatin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a capsule that is capable of suppressing volatilization of a highly volatile capsule content through the capsule shell and that is breakable. A breakable seamless capsule for a smoking equipment, comprising a content containing an oily ingredient and a capsule shell for encapsulating said content, wherein: the capsule shell contains a polysaccharide; the thickness of the capsule shell is 60 ?m or more; the volatilization content (VC) of the content after leaving the content to stand under an environment at a temperature of 25° C. and a relative humidity of 40% for 4 hours is 3.0 wt % or more with respect to the total weight of the encapsulated content; and the crush strength per diameter of the capsule is 3-8 N/mm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a capsule that is capable of suppressing volatilization of a highly volatile capsule content through the capsule shell and that is breakable. A breakable seamless capsule for a smoking equipment, comprising a content containing an oily ingredient and a capsule shell for encapsulating said content, wherein: the capsule shell contains a polysaccharide; the thickness of the capsule shell is 60 ?m or more; the volatilization content (VC) of the content after leaving the content to stand under an environment at a temperature of 25° C. and a relative humidity of 40% for 4 hours is 3.0 wt % or more with respect to the total weight of the encapsulated content; and the crush strength per diameter of the capsule is 3-8 N/mm.

Abstract: A capsule excellent in enteric property with the assumption that gelatin is used as a main base material of the capsule coating. An alkali-treated gelatin and carrageenan are contained as base materials of the capsule coating. In the gastric (aqueous) environment, the alkali-treated gelatin which is positively (+) charged coexists with the carrageenan which is negatively (?) charged, and amino groups (NH4+) in the gelatin react with sulfate groups (SO3?) in the carrageenan so that the capsule coating is insolubilized. On the other hand, in the intestinal (aqueous) environment, the alkali-treated gelatin which is negatively (?) charged coexists with the carrageenan which is negatively (?) charged, and the amino groups (NH4+) in the gelatin are repulsive to the sulfate groups (SO3?) in the carrageenan so that the capsule coating quickly disintegrates and dissolves.

Abstract: A capsule excellent in enteric property with the assumption that gelatin is used as a main base material of the capsule coating. An alkali-treated gelatin and carrageenan are contained as base materials of the capsule coating. In the gastric (aqueous) environment, the alkali-treated gelatin which is positively (+) charged coexists with the carrageenan which is negatively (?) charged, and amino groups (NH4+) in the gelatin react with sulfate groups (SO3?) in the carrageenan so that the capsule coating is insolubilized. On the other hand, in the intestinal (aqueous) environment, the alkali-treated gelatin which is negatively (?) charged coexists with the carrageenan which is negatively (?) charged, and the amino groups (NH4+) in the gelatin are repulsive to the sulfate groups (SO3?) in the carrageenan so that the capsule coating quickly disintegrates and dissolves.

Abstract: There is provided a railcar including a under frame, paired side bodyshell parts, and a roof bodyshell part. Strap bar receiving parts hanging downward from the roof bodyshell part are fixed to the roof bodyshell part. An upper horizontal member and a lower horizontal member are provided like bridges between the paired side bodyshell parts. The upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member are disposed at an interval in a vertical direction and connected by connection pipes. The upper horizontal member is formed by a plurality of reinforcement pipes and the lower horizontal member is formed by a plurality of reinforcement pipes. At least one ends of the plurality of reinforcement pipes are fixed to the strap bar receiving parts.

Abstract: There is provided a railcar including a under frame, paired side bodyshell parts, and a roof bodyshell part. Strap bar receiving parts hanging downward from the roof bodyshell part are fixed to the roof bodyshell part. An upper horizontal member and a lower horizontal member are provided like bridges between the paired side bodyshell parts. The upper horizontal member and the lower horizontal member are disposed at an interval in a vertical direction and connected by connection pipes. The upper horizontal member is formed by a plurality of reinforcement pipes and the lower horizontal member is formed by a plurality of reinforcement pipes. At least one ends of the plurality of reinforcement pipes are fixed to the strap bar receiving parts.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same ones as the samples.

Abstract: A tissue culture microscope apparatus includes a culture unit that includes a chamber in which a specimen is put, and maintains the chamber at a predetermined temperature to culture the specimen; an observation unit that forms an observation image of the specimen put in the chamber; and a liquid supply unit that stores a liquid in a protrusion portion penetrating into a wall of the chamber and protruding to an inside of the chamber, matches a temperature of the liquid with the temperature of the chamber, and injects the liquid from the protrusion portion to the specimen.

Abstract: A culture microscope apparatus has an illumination unit to apply excitation light to the specimen, a specimen observing portion to observe light generated from the specimen due to the excitation light, and a dimmer unit to dim the excitation light that has penetrated the specimen.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same ones as the samples.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same ones as the samples.

Abstract: A culture observation apparatus, which is used for observing a cultured cell while culturing the cell, includes a culture device that cultures the cultured cell, and a microscope used for observing the cultured cell. The culture device includes a first space that is controlled to an environment suitable for culture of the cell, and a second space that is controlled to a lower humidity condition in comparison with the first space. The microscope includes an objective optical unit including an objective lens; the objective optical unit having at least one portion located in the second space, and another portion extending into the first space through an opening formed in a partition wall that separates the first space and the second space, with a gap between the objective optical unit and the partition wall being sealed by a sealing member, and the objective lens includes a plurality of lens groups, with mutual spaces among the lens groups vented to the second space.

Abstract: A culture observation apparatus, which is used for observing a cultured cell while culturing the cell, includes a culture device that forms a culture space which is controlled to be an environment suitable for culturing the cultured cell; a sample tray that holds a container housing the cultured cell and a culture medium; a microscope that serves for observing the cultured cell; a tray holding mechanism that holds the sample tray in the culture space in a detachable manner with good reproducibility; and a shifting mechanism that relatively shifts the sample tray held by the tray holding mechanism and a light axis of the microscope along a plane that is orthogonal to the light axis, wherein the sample tray has a heater used for heating the sample tray, and is electrically connectable to an energy supplying unit that supplies energy to the sample tray.

Abstract: A culture microscope apparatus has an illumination unit to apply excitation light to the specimen, a specimen observing portion to observe light generated from the specimen due to the excitation light, and a dimmer unit to dim the excitation light that has penetrated the specimen.

Abstract: A culture microscope apparatus has an illumination unit to apply excitation light to the specimen, a specimen observing portion to observe light generated from the specimen due to the excitation light, and a dimmer unit to dim the excitation light that has penetrated the specimen.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a predetermined site luminescence measuring method and a predetermined site luminescence measuring apparatus, which allow for determining whether, when the luminescence from the predetermined site in live samples is measured, a photoprotein is localized at the predetermined site in the same ones as the samples.

Abstract: A focus detection device which is applied to a fluorescent observation device for observing a fluorescent image to be emitted from an observation sample on the basis of an evanescent light, includes an image pickup unit which detects a contrast of the fluorescent image by imaging the fluorescent image, and a detector which detects a focus on the basis of the detection result.