Abstract: It is intended to provide a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer and a method for detecting breast cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of breast cancer, comprising nucleic acid(s) capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample of a subject, and a method for detecting breast cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.

Abstract: A plurality of devices are connected to a network and are controlled by a plurality of controllers, information is efficiently shared so that the control using the controllers is made to be easy. Any one of the devices is set as a host device and it distributes identical share information to another device. When a controller is connected to any device and this device is connected to a service server, the device is registered as a source device in the share information. When another controller is connected to any device other than the source device, this device refers to the share information so as to specify the source device and register account information of another controller as share information. The source device is connected to the service server by using account information in the share information.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for moving a lumbar support through a cycle of repeated movements between a more curved position and a less curved position. The movement reduces muscle fatigue by pumping lactic acid out of peri-spinal muscles and by massaging those muscles.

Abstract: The sheet finisher includes a predetermined folding mode for receiving a sheet from a copy machine and which features a plurality of transfer guides through which the sheets received from the copy machine are selectively transferred; switching flappers for switching the flow of the sheet between guides, a temporary holding guide in which the leading end portion of sheets can be temporarily inserted; a sheet folding arrangement including press roller pairs for folding the sheets; a sheet discharge angle control device which varies the angle at which the sheets are discharged onto an upper tray in accordance with the folding mode that is being used; a tray shift mechanism for moving the tray left and right so as to stack the sheets which are discharged thereonto in a classifying manner; a friction roller for moving a predetermined corner of each of the sheets into a preselected corner of the tray; a fastening device for fastening the sheets which have been maneuvered into the preselected corner by the friction

Abstract: A variable capacity wobble plate compressor includes a wobble plate (36) in the crank chamber (7) for adjusting the piston stroke; a control valve (45) for controlling the chamber pressure in the crank chamber to adjust the angle of the wobble plate; a pressure sensor (53); a rotary speed sensor (56); a heat load sensor (61); and/or a vibration sensor (62); and a control unit responsive to a signal from at least one of the sensors for controlling the control valve to prevent the compressor from entering an unstable zone.

Abstract: A sheet sorting device includes a plurality of trays which are immovably arranged in a vertical array, a sheet ejection unit which is selectively movable from tray to tray and which includes a guide member which guides a sheet into the entrance of the tray and an ejection roller which ejects the sheet. The ejection unit is connected with drive mechanism which includes a Geneva cam and wheel arrangement. Each rotation of the Geneva cam moves the ejection unit from one tray entrance to a predetermined position with respect to the next entrance. During non-sorting modes, the ejection unit is set in a predetermined high position above the uppermost tray wherein the distance between the ejection unit and the uppermost tray is greater than the space between trays.

Abstract: The sheet finisher includes a predetermined folding mode for receiving a sheet from a copy machine and which features a plurality of transfer guides through which the sheets received from the copy machine are selectively transferred; switching flappers for switching the flow of the sheet between guides, a temporary holding guide in which the leading end portion of the sheets can be temporarily inserted; a sheet folding arrangement including press roller pairs for folding the sheets; a sheet discharge angle control device which varies the angle at which the sheets are discharged onto an upper tray in accordance with the folding mode that is being used; a tray shift mechanism for moving the tray left and right so as to stack the sheets which are discharged thereonto in a classifying manner; a friction roller for moving a predetermined corner of each of the sheets into a preselected corner of the tray; a fastening device for fastening the sheets which have been maneuvered into the preselected corner by the frict

Abstract: A recorded sheet is turned from a face-up condition to a face-down condition by horizontal transport belts, a first guide member, vertical transport belts, and a second guide member. The recorded sheet is guided to a discharge device, and discharged to a tray by the discharge device. During a sorting action, the discharge device is transferred by a transfer device to the tray to which a sheet is to be discharged. In response to this transfer, a hold member is extended or shortened in a vertical direction and holds a sheet being transported between the hold member and the vertical transport belts in such a manner as to avoid interference with its transport, so that the sheet can be prevented from falling by gravity.

Abstract: A sorting machine has a plurality of trays arranged in a vertical array, a vertical transport belt for transporting a recorded sheet introduced through a feed opening, a discharge unit for discharging the sheet to one of the trays, and a guide member which guides the transported sheet to the discharge unit. The discharge unit is shifted to one of the trays. The recorded sheet transported by the transport belt is held between the transport belt and a spiral spring which is retractile in the transport direction, so that dropping of the sheet by gravity is prevented.

Abstract: Continuous or semi-continuous ion exchange treatment, such as desalination, is achieved by utilizing a column packed with a heterogeneous thermally regenerable ion exchange resin in a single bed divided into a loading zone, a heat displacement zone above the loading zone, and a resin regeneration zone above the heat displacement zone. In operation, feed liquid flows upwardly through the loading zone and the treated liquid is removed. Loaded resin is transferred from the loading zone to the regeneration zone, the resin bed then being displaced downwardly, counter-current to the flow of feed liquid. A hot regeneration liquid, which may be a portion of the treated liquid, is passed through the loaded resin in the regeneration zone for thermal regeneration of the resin.