Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit, a paper information storing unit, an initializing unit, a paper information comparing unit, a temporary stopping unit, and a printing unit. The receiving unit receives print jobs. The paper information storing unit stores paper information preset in the printed page. The initializing unit initializes the paper information stored in the paper information storing unit during a certain period. The paper information comparing unit compares the paper information of the page to be printed in the print job with the stored paper information. The temporary stopping unit temporarily stops printing according to the result of the comparison. The printing unit prints the print data of the page to be printed in the case that the paper information of the page to be printed is the same as the stored paper information or the stored paper information has been initialized.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide an IL-6R.IL-6 fusion protein and the like in which IL-6R and IL-6 are directly linked without a linker. The IL-6 receptor.IL-6 fusion protein of the present invention has a structure in which one amino acid residue constituting IL-6 receptor and one amino acid residue constituting IL-6 are directly bonded.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide an IL-6R.IL-6 fusion protein and the like in which IL-6R and IL-6 are directly linked without a linker. The IL-6 receptor.IL-6 fusion protein of the present invention has a structure in which one amino acid residue constituting IL-6 receptor and one amino acid residue constituting IL-6 are directly bonded.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination of oligonucleotides preferable for composing a gene testing reagent capable of detecting all subtypes of norovirus rapidly and with high sensitivity. More specifically, the present invention provides a detection method in which only norovirus is specifically amplified and an oligonucleotide that binds to a specific site of norovirus, by using a primer having a sequence that is homologous or complementary to a base sequence specific for norovirus and is located at a position subject to minimal mutation according to subtype.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide an IL-6R•IL-6 fusion protein and the like in which IL-6R and IL-6 are directly linked without a linker. The IL-6 receptor•IL-6 fusion protein of the present invention has a structure in which one amino acid residue constituting IL-6 receptor and one amino acid residue constituting IL-6 are directly bonded.

Abstract: A detection reagent for detecting thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin (TRH) gene in an amplification process which specifically amplifies TRH1 and TRH2 RNA, which reagent comprises a first primer having a sequence complementary to a specific sequence of an RNA derived from the TRH gene, and a second primer having a sequence homologous to said specific sequence.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination of oligonucleotides preferable for composing a rapid and specific gene testing reagent for Shiga toxin family gene type 2 (stx) of entero-hemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). More specifically, the present invention provides a method for detecting stx2 RNA of EHEC by specifically amplifying only stx2 RNA using a primer having a sequence homologous or complementary to a base sequence specific for stx2 gene of EHEC and located at sites free of alterations between genotypes, and an oligonucleotide that binds to a specific site of stx2 RNA.

Abstract: Nucleic acid sequences, oligonucleotides and a method for detection of SRSV, in particular, a virus which belongs to Genotype II (GII), in clinical examinations, public health examinations, food evaluations and food poisoning examinations are provided.

Abstract: An image formation processing simulation apparatus includes: an acceptance unit that accepts image data targeted for image formation processing in an image formation processing device; a performing unit that performs a simulation of image formation processing for which the image data in the image formation processing device is targeted using the image data; a failure management unit that determines whether or not failure occurs in the simulation; and an output unit that outputs information about a result of the determination by the failure management unit.

Abstract: The present invention intends to provide an IL-6R•IL-6 fusion protein and the like in which IL-6R and IL-6 are directly linked without a linker. The IL-6 receptor•IL-6 fusion protein of the present invention has a structure in which one amino:acid residue constituting IL-6 receptor and one amino acid residue constituting IL-6 are directly bonded.

Abstract: A method of detecting a specific acid-fast bacterium, wherein primers having nucleotide sequences homologous or complementary to the specific regions in the rRNAs of the specific acid-fast bacterium are used to specifically amplify only the rRNAs of the specific acid-fast bacterium.

Abstract: An avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase composition which comprises a heterodimer consisting of an ? subunit having a molecular weight of 68000 and a ? subunit having a molecular weight of 92000 in an amount of at least 80%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination of oligonucleotides preferable for composing a rapid and specific gene testing reagent for Shiga toxin family gene type 2 (stx) of entero-hemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). More specifically, the present invention provides a method for detecting stx2 RNA of EHEC by specifically amplifying only stx2 RNA using a primer having a sequence homologous or complementary to a base sequence specific for stx2 gene of EHEC and located at sites free of alterations between genotypes, and an oligonucleotide that binds to a specific site of stx2 RNA.

Abstract: A method of assaying the efficacy and/or toxicity of a test substance by expression of a specific gene in a cell or a microorganism, which comprises treating the cell or the microorganism with the test substance, a step of amplifying an RNA having a sequence homologous or complementary to a specific sequence in a target RNA obtained as the result of transcription of the specific gene, and a step of determining whether the target RNA is transcribed through the expression of the specific gene by detecting the RNA amplified in the previous amplification step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination of oligonucleotides preferable for composing a gene testing reagent capable of detecting all subtypes of norovirus rapidly and with high sensitivity. More specifically, the present invention provides a detection method in which only norovirus is specifically amplified and an oligonucleotide that binds to a specific site of norovirus, by using a primer having a sequence that is homologous or complementary to a base sequence specific for norovirus and is located at a position subject to minimal mutation according to subtype.

Abstract: A detection reagent for detecting thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) gene in an amplification process which specifically amplifies TDH RNA, which reagent comprises a first primer having a sequence complementary to a specific sequence of an RNA derived from the TDH gene, and a second primer having a sequence homologous to said specific sequence.

Abstract: A detection reagent for detecting thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin (TRH) gene in an amplification process which specifically amplifies TRH1 and TRH2 RNA, which reagent comprises a first primer having a sequence complementary to a specific sequence of an RNA derived from the TRH gene, and a second primer having a sequence homologous to said specific sequence.

Abstract: A simple, speedy and sensitive method of detecting HIV-RNA using an oligonucleotide which can bind to an intramolecularly free region of the genomic RNA of HIV-1 at relatively low and constant temperatures (at 35° C. to 50° C., preferably at 41° C.) as an oligonucleotide primer for use in amplification of a nucleic acid.

Abstract: A novel transcriptome analyzing method and to provide a gene found by this method and a protein encoded by the gene. A method for determining whether or not a continued arbitrary DNA sequence existing in the genome of an arbitrary biological species, in which the nucleotide sequence is already known but its possibility of being a gene expression region is unclear (specific region), is the specific region, which comprises detecting whether or not a nucleotide sequence that corresponds to the nucleotide sequence of the region is present in the RNA of the biological species, and a method for determining the gene expression region in an arbitrary region on a genome or the entire genome, which comprises repeatedly carrying out the above method.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a process for effectively producing hematopoietic stem cells. A process for producing hematopoietic stem cells comprises the step of culturing hematopoietic stem cells in the presence of a gp130 stimulating factor, one or more cytokines and stromal cells.