Abstract: A toner including a toner particle, wherein a weight-average particle size of the toner is a specific range, a domain-matrix structure in which a domain is dispersed in a matrix is observed on a cross-section of the toner, the matrix includes a crystalline resin A, the domain includes an amorphous resin B, where the domain with a major axis of 300 nm or more is defined as domain C, and the domain with a major axis of 200 nm or less is defined as domain D, a number-average major axis of the domain D is 30 to 150 nm, and a proportion of the cross-section which satisfies (i) and (ii) is 90% or more; (i) 5 to 20 of domains C are present per cross-section and an area ratio of the domain C is 10 to 30%, (ii) the domain D is observed over an entire region in the cross-section.

Abstract: A toner having a toner particle including a binder resin and a release agent is provided, wherein the binder resin includes a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, where in differential scanning calorimetry of the toner, a temperature is raised to obtain a differential scanning calorimetry curve A and then the temperature is lowered to obtain a differential scanning calorimetry curve B, the differential scanning calorimetry curve A has endothermic peaks derived from the crystalline resin and the release agent, the differential scanning calorimetry curve B has exothermic peaks derived from the crystalline resin and the release agent, and these endothermic peaks and exothermic peaks satisfy specific relationships, and a storage elastic modulus G?(TmB) of the toner at the endothermic peak temperature of the crystalline resin is 1.0×105 Pa to 1.0×108 Pa.

Abstract: A display device is configured to display a screen showing, on the same graph in which an axis indicates time, a predicted transition of a first parameter relating to a remaining charge of a power storage device and a predicted transition of a second parameter relating to an amount of reward for energy management under an assumption that charge and discharge control is executed on the power storage device in response to a request for the energy management.

Abstract: A joint image unfolding apparatus, a joint image unfolding method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a joint image unfolding program are provided to make it possible to check information regarding the entire cartilage in a joint with high accuracy. An image obtaining unit (21) obtains a three-dimensional image of a joint having cartilage. An unfolding unit (23) unfolds the cartilage included in the three-dimensional image with reference to a specific reference axis in the joint to generate an unfolded image.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a container, a heat receiver to receive heat from a cooling target and evaporate a refrigerant inside the container, a condenser disposed away from the heat receiver, and to condense the gas-phase refrigerant, a liquid transporter to couple the condenser and the heat receiver, and transport the liquid-phase refrigerant to the heat receiver from the condenser, a first transporter to couple the heat receiver and the condenser, and include a first transport-space inside the first transporter, in which the gas-phase refrigerant is transported to the condenser from the heat receiver, and a second transporter provided in pairs over two sides in a direction orthogonal to a moving-direction of the refrigerant in the first transporter, and to couple the heat receiver and the condenser, and include a second transport-space inside the second transporter, in which the gas-phase refrigerant is transported to the condenser from the heat receiver.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first roller pair including a first roller and a second roller, a first driving unit, a second roller pair, a second driving unit, an image forming unit, and a control unit configured to execute a first mode and a second mode. The second mode includes (1) a first processing, (2) a second processing, and (3) a third processing of controlling the first driving unit such that the rotational speed of the first roller pair becomes faster than the second rotational speed. The first mode includes (1) a fourth processing, (2) a fifth processing, and (3) a sixth processing of controlling the first driving unit such that the rotational speed of the first roller pair is decelerated from the first rotational speed to equal to or less than the second rotational speed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first roller pair including a first roller and a second roller, a first driving unit, a second roller pair, a second driving unit, an image forming unit, and a control unit configured to execute a first mode and a second mode. The second mode includes (1) a first processing, (2) a second processing, and (3) a third processing of controlling the first driving unit such that the rotational speed of the first roller pair becomes faster than the second rotational speed. The first mode includes (1) a fourth processing, (2) a fifth processing, and (3) a sixth processing of controlling the first driving unit such that the rotational speed of the first roller pair is decelerated from the first rotational speed to equal to or less than the second rotational speed.

Abstract: Provided is such a toner that a pigment is dispersed in a toner particle containing a large amount of a crystalline resin, that is, a toner excellent in low-temperature fixability and coloring power, wherein the toner is a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, a pigment and a pigment dispersant, wherein the binder resin contains 20.0% by mass or more and 100.0% by mass or less of a crystalline resin, wherein the pigment dispersant is a polymer containing a specific structure that interacts with the pigment and a specific monomer unit that interacts with the crystalline resin.

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a cellulose complex capable of substantially uniformly dispersing cellulose in a resin without adding a compatibilizer (dispersant) while maintaining the properties of cellulose, a method for producing a cellulose complex/resin composition, a cellulose complex, and a cellulose complex/resin composition. The method for producing a cellulose complex includes a mixing step of mixing cellulose having a hydroxy group with a polymer having a reactive group capable of reacting with the hydroxy group and including a nonpolar polymer as a molecular chain, and a step of bonding the hydroxy group and the reactive group.

Abstract: Provided is such a toner that a pigment is dispersed in a toner particle containing a large amount of a crystalline resin, that is, a toner excellent in low-temperature fixability and coloring power. The toner is a toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, a pigment and a pigment dispersant, wherein the binder resin contains from 20.0% to 100.0% by mass of a crystalline resin, wherein the pigment dispersant is a polymer containing a specific structure that interacts with the pigment and a specific polymer moiety that interacts with the crystalline resin.

Abstract: The toner of the present disclosure comprises a toner particle containing a crystalline resin A, an amorphous resin B, and a release agent, wherein the resin A contains a specific amount of a unit (a) and is contained in a specific amount in the toner, the resin B is contained in a specific amount in the toner, the total content of the resin A and the resin B is 50.0 mass % or more based on the mass of the toner, when a component W having a molecular weight of 5000 or less is isolated from the toner by a certain procedure, the content of the component W is from 0.5 mass % to 20.0 mass % based on the mass of the toner, and the maximum endothermic peak temperature of the component W and the endothermic peak temperature derived from the component W of the toner satisfy a certain requirement.

Abstract: A toner comprises a toner particle, wherein the toner contains a crystalline vinyl resin and an amorphous resin, a weight-average particle diameter of the toner is from 4.0 to 12.0 m, an endothermic quantity ?H derived from the crystalline vinyl resin is from 10 to 70 J/g, and in an analysis by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry of the toner particle while under sputtering, with A(100) as the ion amount of a specific hydrocarbon over a sputtering time during which 100 nm of a polymethyl methacrylate standard sample film are shaved, the ion amount exhibits one or more peak values, and with A(dmax) as a maximum value from among the peak values, the above A(dmax) and A(100) satisfy the expression below. 1.5?A(dmax)/A(100)?30.

Abstract: Provided is a conductive adhesive sheet that has excellent connection stability even containing conductive particles in a small proportion. The inventive conductive adhesive sheet contains a binder component and conductive particles. The conductive particles are distributively arranged. Assume that all the conductive particles are regularly arranged; and that an optional region of the conductive adhesive sheet is viewed in plan view so that a distribution number Np of the distributed conductive particles be 9 to 25, a condition: 1.5X?Y?100X is met, where X represents the average of equivalent circle diameters of the distributed conductive particles; and Y represents the center-to-center distance between adjacent two of the distributed conductive particles, which are regularly arranged in the plan view. The ratio N/Np is 1.0 to 100.0, where N represents the number of the primary particles in the optional region.

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a cellulose complex capable of substantially uniformly dispersing cellulose in a resin without adding a compatibilizer (dispersant) while maintaining the properties of cellulose, a method for producing a cellulose complex/resin composition, a cellulose complex, and a cellulose complex/resin composition. The method for producing a cellulose complex includes a mixing step of mixing cellulose having a hydroxy group with a polymer having a reactive group capable of reacting with the hydroxy group and including a nonpolar polymer as a molecular chain, and a step of bonding the hydroxy group and the reactive group.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first roller pair including a first roller and a second roller, a first driving unit, a second roller pair, a second driving unit, an image forming unit, and a control unit configured to execute a first mode and a second mode. The second mode includes (1) a first processing, (2) a second processing, and (3) a third processing of controlling the first driving unit such that the rotational speed of the first roller pair becomes faster than the second rotational speed. The first mode includes (1) a fourth processing, (2) a fifth processing, and (3) a sixth processing of controlling the first driving unit such that the rotational speed of the first roller pair is decelerated from the first rotational speed to equal to or less than the second rotational speed.

Abstract: A controller of an ophthalmic apparatus finely drives and roughly drives a drive unit of an optometry unit. In a case where a tilt operation of tilting the operation stick within a predetermined range is detected by an operation detection unit, the controller finely drives the drive unit by controlling the drive unit in response to the detected tilt operation, and finely changes a position of the optometry unit. In a case where at least one of a tilt operation of tilting the operation stick over a predetermined range and an operation of a rough movement operation unit is detected by the operation detection unit, the controller roughly drives the drive unit by controlling the drive unit in response to the detected operation, and roughly changes the position of the optometry unit.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first roller pair, a second roller pair, an abutment portion, an oblique feeding portion, a detection portion, a moving portion a contact/separation portion, and a control portion. If a first sheet whose length is a first length is conveyed, the control portion causes the moving portion to move the first roller pair, and then causes the first sheet to be conveyed from the first roller pair to the oblique feeding portion through the second roller pair that is in the separation state, and if a second sheet whose length is a second length shorter than the first length is conveyed, the control portion causes the moving portion to move the first roller pair, and then causes the second sheet to be conveyed from the first roller pair to the oblique feeding portion via the second roller pair that is in the contact state.

Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, the toner particle comprises a binder resin. The binder resin comprises an amorphous resin A and a crystalline resin C. T1, T2 and T3 satisfy specific relationships, where, in a viscoelasticity measurement of the toner, T1 (° C.) represents a temperature at which a storage elastic modulus G? is 3.0×107 Pa, T2 (° C.) represents temperature at which the storage elastic modulus G? is 1.0×107 Pa, and T3 (° C.) represents a temperature at which the storage elastic modulus G? is 3.0×106 Pa. A storage elastic modulus G? (100) at 100° C. is in a specific range. In an observation of a cross section of the toner, a matrix-domain structure having a matrix by the crystalline resin C and domains by the amorphous resin A is observed, an area ratio and a number-basis average surface area of the domains are in specific ranges.

Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, the toner particle comprising a resin, wherein, where a chloroform-soluble component of the resin is analyzed by gradient LC analysis using acetonitrile as a poor solvent and chloroform as a good solvent for the chloroform-soluble component of the resin, a peak detected in a range of a ratio of chloroform in the mobile phase of 50.0 to 75.0% by volume and a peak detected in a range of a ratio of chloroform in the mobile phase of 75.0 to 95.0% by volume satisfy a specific relationship.

Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle, the toner particle comprising a binder resin, wherein T1, T2, T3, tan ?(T2), and tan ?(T2?10) satisfy expressions (1) to (4): T3?T1?10 ??(1) 50?T2?70 ??(2) 0.30?tan ?(T2)?1.00 ??(3) 1.00?tan ?(T2)/tan ?(T2?10)?1.90 ??(4). Where, in measurement of viscoelasticity of the toner, T1(° C.) represents a temperature at which a storage elastic modulus G? is 3.0×107 Pa, T2(° C.) represents a temperature at which the storage elastic modulus G? is 1.0×107 Pa, T3(° C.) represents a temperature at which the storage elastic modulus G? is 3.0×106 Pa, tan ?(T2) represents a ratio (tan ?) of a loss elastic modulus G? to the storage elastic modulus G? at the temperature T2(° C.), and tan ?(T2?10) represents the ratio (tan ?) at a temperature: T2?10(° C.).