Abstract: Provided is a method for separating and detecting various hemoglobins including abnormal hemoglobins and thalassemia markers. A method for analyzing hemoglobins, comprising separating hemoglobins in a sample by cation exchange chromatography, wherein an eluent having a pH of 8.1 or more and an osmotic pressure of 40 mOsm/kg or less is used for separation of the hemoglobins.

Abstract: The powder adhesive comprises a thermoplastic resin and particles of an aromatic compound, wherein the particles of an aromatic compound are particles of a compound that has an aromatic ring and an azo bond bonded to the aromatic ring, or are particles of a compound comprising a heteroaromatic ring comprising nitrogen atom; the thermoplastic resin comprises an ester group; and, designating Es (mmol/g) as an ester group concentration in the thermoplastic resin, M (mass %) as a content of the aromatic compound particles in the powder adhesive, and N (mmol/g) as a nitrogen atom concentration in the aromatic compound particles, Es is from 1.0 mmol/g to 4.5 mmol/g, M is from 1.0×10?4 mass % to 1.0×100 mass %, and N is from 5.0 mmol/g to 15.0 mmol/g.

Abstract: To provide a technique for evaluating a shape that appears in a cross-sectional image, one of the typical evaluation methods of the present invention evaluates a difference between a target shape and a cross-sectional shape of an electron microscopic image, and includes: a first step of measuring a characteristic dimension of the cross-sectional shape; after the first step, a second step of creating a template of the target shape in the cross-sectional shape obtained from the dimension; and a third step of comparing a difference between the template and the cross-sectional shape using a normalized metric.

Abstract: An electrophotographic developer set comprising a toner, and a powder adhesive, wherein the powder adhesive comprises a crystalline polyester resin, and a thermoplastic resin other than the crystalline polyester resin; the amount of the crystalline polyester resin in the powder adhesive is 21% by mass or more; the melting point of the crystalline polyester resin is 55° C. to 100° C.; in a viscoelasticity measurement, where Gt?(100) denotes a storage elastic modulus of the toner at 100° C. and Gb?(100) denotes a storage elastic modulus of the powder adhesive at 100° C., Gb?(100) is 1.0×105 Pa or less and Gt?(100)/Gb?(100) is 1.2 or more.

Abstract: An electrophotographic developer set comprising a toner comprising a thermoplastic resin and a wax, and a powder adhesive comprising a thermoplastic resin and a wax, wherein where Ea (mmol/g) denotes an ester group concentration of the wax contained in the toner, Na (mass %) denotes a content of the wax in the toner, Eb (mmol/g) denotes an ester group concentration of the wax contained in the powder adhesive, and Nb (mass %) denotes a content of the wax in the powder adhesive, the Ea, the Na, the Eb and the Nb satisfy the following formulae: 0.00?Ea?2.45, 2.50?Eb?3.60, and 0.80?Nb/Na.

Abstract: In a solid state imaging element in which signal processing is performed on a pair of pixel signals, the circuit scale thereof is reduced. The solid state imaging element includes a pixel array section, a vertical scanning circuit, and a signal processing circuit. A plurality of pixels are arranged in directions of rows and directions of columns on the pixel array section. The vertical scanning circuit selects, from among the plurality of pixels, a pair of pixels disposed on both ends of a predetermined line segment, which does not match any of the rows and columns and forms an angle of not 45 degrees with respect to the rows, and causes the selected pixels to simultaneously output of a pair of pixel signals. The signal processing circuit performs predetermined signal processing on the pair of pixel signals.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, to which a cartridge including a developer accommodating portion for accommodating a developer is detachably mountable, includes an image bearing member, an exposure unit configured to expose the image bearing member to light to form an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member, a light receiving sensor provided in the cartridge and configured to receive the light emitted from the exposure unit, and a controller configured to detect vibration of the cartridge from a light reception value of the light received by the light receiving sensor. In a case in which the cartridge is removed from the image forming apparatus, the light receiving sensor is removed from the image forming apparatus together with the cartridge.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image to the sheet, a folding portion configured to fold the sheet having passed through the fixing portion such that a surface of the sheet to which the powder adhesive is applied is inside, and a bonding portion configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion and bond the sheet by the powder adhesive. A relationship of Tmax1>Tmax2 is satisfied, where Tmax1 (° C.) is a highest temperature of the powder adhesive when being heated by the fixing portion and Tmax2 (° C.) is a highest temperature of the powder adhesive when being heated by the bonding portion.

Abstract: Press-bonded sheets such as a crimped post card are manufactured by forming a composite layer of an adhesive layer laminated on a toner image formed on a base sheet, then opposing the composite layer and another composite layer formed on the same sheet or a different sheet, and press-bonding the opposed composite layers under heat. The difference in solubility parameter (SP value) between the printing toner and the powder adhesive is 1.0 (cal/cm3)1/2 or more.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which comprises a first image forming unit for forming a toner image for printing by means of a toner for printing and an adhesive image forming unit for forming an image of a powder adhesive by means of a powder adhesive, and which is characterized in that: the toner for printing contains a wax; the powder adhesive contains a wax; and the content of the wax in the powder adhesive is higher than the content of the wax in the toner for printing.

Abstract: A press-bonded sheet in which two sheet portions are press-bonded in a peelable state is manufactured by a method including steps of: forming an adhesive layer containing powder adhesive on a sheet; heating the adhesive layer to fix it to the sheet; opposing an area on the sheet where the adhesive layer is fixed and an area on the same sheet or on a different sheet where another adhesive layer is formed and fixed; and press-bonding the opposed areas. The fracture strain of a main constituent material of the powder adhesive is 10% or more and less than 1000%.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes, an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a sheet using printing toner and apply powder adhesive on the sheet, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet and the powder adhesive applied on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to bond the sheet with the powder adhesive by reheating the sheet having been heated by the fixing portion. The bonding portion is arranged above the image forming portion.

Abstract: For a machine learning model that receives control parameters of a semiconductor processing device and outputs shape parameters that express a processed shape of a semiconductor sample processed by the semiconductor processing device, an experiment point obtaining learning data is recommended. A contribution of each control parameter to the prediction of the machine learning model is evaluated from feature quantity data that is a value of a control parameter of the learning data used for learning of the machine learning model, and the experiment point is recommended based on a stability evaluation and an uncertainty evaluation of the prediction by the machine learning model in a space defined by the control parameters selected based on the contribution as axes.

Abstract: A sheet bonding apparatus includes an electrophotographic unit configured to apply powder adhesive on a sheet by an electrophotographic process, a folding portion configured to fold the sheet on which the powder adhesive has been applied by the electrophotographic unit, and a bonding portion configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion to bond the sheet by the powder adhesive, wherein the bonding portion and the folding portion are disposed over the electrophotographic unit.

Abstract: An adhesion apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form, through an electrophotographic process, an adhesive image of a powder adhesive on a sheet that is conveyed; and a control unit configured to control the image forming unit to use a first pattern in a first conveyance period, and use a second pattern different from the first pattern in a second conveyance period following the first conveyance period, as a formation pattern in an adhering section corresponding to part of a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the sheet.

Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic developer set having a toner and a powder adhesive, wherein the toner comprises a thermoplastic resin A; the powder adhesive comprises a thermoplastic resin B and a wax A; the wax A has two or more ester groups in the molecule; the thermoplastic resin B has an ester group; and in a viscoelasticity measurement, with Gt?(100) (Pa) being a storage elastic modulus at 100° C. of the toner, and Gb?(100) (Pa) being a storage elastic modulus at 100° C. of the powder adhesive, Gb?(100) is 1.00×105 Pa or less, and Gt?(100)/Gb?(100) is 1.20 or more, as well as a method for producing a bonded product using the above electrophotographic developer set.

Abstract: A sheet bonding apparatus includes an electrophotographic unit configured to apply powder adhesive on a sheet by an electrophotographic process, a folding portion configured to fold the sheet on which the powder adhesive has been applied by the electrophotographic unit, and a bonding portion configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion to bond the sheet by the powder adhesive, wherein the bonding portion and the folding portion are disposed over the electrophotographic unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dimension measuring device that shortens a time required for dimension measurement and eliminates errors caused by an operator.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes, an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a sheet using printing toner and apply powder adhesive on the sheet, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet and the powder adhesive applied on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to bond the sheet with the powder adhesive by reheating the sheet having been heated by the fixing portion. The bonding portion is arranged above the image forming portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus to which a cartridge including a developer accommodating portion for accommodating a developer is detachably mountable includes an image bearing member, an exposure unit for exposing the image bearing member to light to form an electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member, a light receiving portion provided in the cartridge and for receiving the light emitted from the exposure unit, and a detecting portion for detecting vibration of the cartridge from a light reception value of the light received by the light receiving portion.