Abstract: A registration application support system includes: a registration application device that is included in a first organization and applies for pre-registration for delegation of a right regarding access to a resource to an authorization server; and an existence guarantee device that is included in a second organization and guarantees existence of the first organization, in which: the existence guarantee device includes a giving unit that gives an electronic signature to information that guarantees the existence of the first organization, in response to a request from a terminal used by a member of the first organization; the registration application device includes a transmission unit that transmits a display name of the first organization and the information to which the electronic signature has been given to the authorization server in order to apply for the pre-registration; and the authorization server includes a verification unit that causes the existence guarantee device to verify the electronic signatu

Abstract: In an information processing system including: a resource management device that manages certain resources; an access device that accesses the resources; and an authorizing device that issues, to the access device, an access token corresponding to an access authority to the resources in a case where delegation of the access authority is permitted by an owner of the resources, the resource management device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires, in response to an access request to the resources accompanied by the access token from the access device, information in which a modifier is given to an access authority disclosed in advance by the authorizing device, which serves as information indicating a range of the access authority corresponding to the access token; and an execution unit that executes processing according to the access request within the range of the access authority limited by the modifier, thereby improving the flexibility of the range of an authority to be delegated to another person.

Abstract: A sustained release sheet that includes a drug for treating nerve injury, wherein the sheet is applied to a nerve injury site, can maintain a high concentration of the drug over a long period, and promotes nerve regeneration without stimulating the nerves, even when the sheet is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site. Also provided is a production method for the sheet. This sustained drug release sheet for treating nerve injury is a sheet including a non-woven fabric that is formed from nanofibers each containing a drug such as vitamin B12 and a biocompatible polymer such as a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, and is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site to promote nerve regeneration.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes a feeding roller pair, a detecting portion, a first changing portion, a second changing portion, and a controller for controlling the first changing portion and the second changing portion. The controller starts a first feeding operation for feeding a sheet toward the obliquely feeding roller pair in a nipping state of the feeding roller pair and then starts a second feeding operation for feeding the sheet for abutting a side end of the sheet against the reference member in the nipping state of the obliquely feeding roller pair. The controller changes, after the first feeding operation is started and before the second feeding operation is started, a start timing of the second feeding operation on the basis of a detection result of a position of the side end of the sheet detected by the detecting portion.

Abstract: A motor controller includes a first control circuit, a second control circuit, a determination circuit, and a command circuit. The first control circuit outputs a first control value based on a rule base from a command value of an angular velocity and a measured value of an angular velocity. The second control circuit outputs a second control value based on a learned model from the command value of the angular velocity and the measured value of the angular velocity. The determination circuit determines a state based on at least the second control value. The command circuit acquires and outputs a control command value from the first control value and the second control value based on a result determined by the determination circuit.

Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus SM of this invention has: a vacuum chamber which performs a predetermined processing on a to-be-processed substrate that is set in position in the vacuum chamber. Inside the vacuum chamber there is disposed a deposition preventive plate) which is made up of a fixed deposition preventive plate and a moveable deposition preventive plate which is moveable in one direction. Further provided are: a metal block body disposed in a vertical posture on an inner wall surface of the vacuum chamber; and a cooling means for cooling the block body. In a processing position in which a predetermined vacuum processing is performed on the to-be-processed substrate, a top surface of the block body is arranged to be in proximity to or in contact with the moveable deposition preventive plate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including an image bearing member, and a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a re-conveyance unit, a detection unit, and a control unit configured to execute a booklet mode while creating a booklet, the booklet including a first sheet having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a second sheet having a third surface arranged adjacent to the second surface of the first sheet. The control unit is configured to control the image forming unit such that, in the booklet mode, a toner image is transferred to the second surface before a toner image is transferred to the first surface of the first sheet, and a toner image to be formed on the third surface of the second sheet is corrected based on an information of the second surface detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of photoconductors; a plurality of exposure unis each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of photoconductors, each of the plurality of exposure units including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting portions configured to emit light to expose the photoconductors, and a duct configured to guide an airflow that cools the substrate along the substrate; a fan configured to generate the airflow that cools the substrate; and a duct unit configured to communicate with the ducts of the plurality of exposed portions via different ones of a plurality of openings, wherein an area of a first opening that is a longest flow path from the fan among the plurality of openings is larger than an area of a second opening that is a shortest flow path from the fan among the plurality of openings.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a charging portion that charges a surface of the photoconductor; an exposure portion including a substrate including a plurality of light emitting portions for exposing the photoconductor; a developing portion that develops a latent image formed on the surface of the photoconductor with toner; a fan that generates an airflow for cooling the exposure portion; and a duct that communicates with the fan and communicates with the support portion, the duct guiding the airflow generated by the fan to the substrate; in which a part of the duct is formed by a charging support portion that supports the charging portion, a developing support portion that supports the development, and a duct portion, and a space between the duct portion and the charging support portion and a space between the duct portion and the developing support portion are sealed by a sealing member.

Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of appropriately emitting an emergency braking signal in a straddle-type vehicle. A controller (60) and the control method according to the present invention control operation of a straddle-type vehicle (100) in which anti-lock brake control for a front wheel (3) and anti-lock brake control for a rear wheel (4) are executed. An acquisition section of the controller (60) acquires an anti-lock brake actuation state showing whether the anti-lock brake control is actuated for any of the wheels (3, 4). A determination section of the controller (60) determines a threshold value on the basis of the anti-lock brake actuation state. An output section of the controller (60) outputs an emergency braking signal command in the case where deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle (100) is higher than the threshold value.

Abstract: A cell count determination device is configured to determine a cell count of a battery pack having installed therein a plurality of battery cells. The cell count determination device includes a plurality of switch elements provided in association with the plurality of battery cells, which can be increased or decreased in number in the battery pack. Each of the switch elements is configured to enter a conductive state if, while connected to the battery pack, a corresponding battery cell is present, and enter a non-conductive state if the corresponding battery cell is not present. The cell count determination device further includes a determination unit that is configured to determine the cell count of the connected battery pack on the basis of a combination of conductive states and non-conductive states among the plurality of switch elements.

Abstract: A cathode unit for a magnetron sputtering apparatus includes a backing plate joined to an upper side opposed to a sputtering surface of a target set in a posture facing an inside of a vacuum chamber and a magnet unit disposed above the backing plate at an interval, a refrigerant passage through which a refrigerant can flow being formed in the backing plate, in which a surface pressure applying unit is provided, the surface pressure applying unit applying, toward an upper outer surface of the backing plate from above the backing plate, a surface pressure equivalent to pressure applied to an upper inner surface of the backing plate when the refrigerant is circulated.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a reversing unit configured to convey a sheet conveyed from the image forming unit in a first direction, stop the conveyance, and then convey the sheet in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, an image detection unit disposed to detect at least a portion of the image on the sheet stopped by the reversing unit, and a control unit configured to control the reversing unit and the image detection unit. The control unit is configured to detect the image on the sheet by the image detection unit while the sheet conveyance is stopped by the reversing unit.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance roller, an abutment member including an abutment surface, an obliquely conveying roller configured to convey the sheet such that the side edge portion is moved toward the abutment surface, a sheet side-edge detection portion, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the conveyance force of the obliquely conveying roller at a first conveyance force until a predetermined time has elapsed, in an abutment operation in which the sheet is abutted against the abutment surface by the obliquely conveying roller, and control the conveyance force of the obliquely conveying roller at a second conveyance force larger than the first conveyance force if the predetermined time has elapsed and the position of the side edge portion of the sheet detected by the sheet side-edge detection portion is out of a predetermined range.

Abstract: A sputtering target according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a plate-shaped target body formed of a metal material. The target body includes a target portion and a base portion. The target portion has a sputtering surface. The base portion has a cooling surface and includes a gradient strength layer, the cooling surface being positioned on a side opposite to the sputtering surface and having hardness higher than that of the sputtering surface, the gradient strength layer having tensile strength that gradually decreases from the cooling surface toward the target portion.

Abstract: A calculation system includes an obtaining unit and a calculation unit. The obtaining unit obtains information of a sheet. The calculation unit calculates an amount of change in length of the sheet in a conveyance direction of the sheet heated by a heating device to fix a toner image to the sheet based on the information of the sheet obtained by the obtaining unit and an elapsed time from a time when the sheet passes through the heating device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including an image bearing member, and a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a re-conveyance unit, a detection unit, and a control unit configured to execute a booklet mode while creating a booklet, the booklet including a first sheet having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a second sheet having a third surface arranged adjacent to the second surface of the first sheet. The control unit is configured to control the image forming unit such that, in the booklet mode, a toner image is transferred to the second surface before a toner image is transferred to the first surface of the first sheet, and a toner image to be formed on the third surface of the second sheet is corrected based on an information of the second surface detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance guide configured to guide a sheet along a conveyance center line extending in a conveyance direction, a reference member including an abutment surface, a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet while abutting a first edge of the sheet against the abutment surface, a detection unit configured to detect a first angle formed between the first edge of the sheet and a second edge adjacent to the first edge, a moving unit configured to move the reference member so as to change a second angle formed between the abutment surface and the conveyance center line, and a control unit configured to perform a movement process in which the moving unit moves the reference member such that, when the first angle is referred to as ?, the second angle becomes an absolute value of a difference 90 degrees minus ?.

Abstract: Provided is a sputtering apparatus which is capable of suppressing a local temperature rise at an outer peripheral part of a to-be-processed substrate. The sputtering apparatus SM has: a vacuum chamber in which a target and the to-be-processed substrate Sw are disposed face-to-face with each other; a shield plate for enclosing a film forming space between the target and the to-be-processed substrate; and a cooling unit for cooling the shield plate. The shield plate has a first shield plate part which is disposed around the to-be-processed substrate and which has a first opening equivalent in contour to the to-be-processed substrate. The cooling unit includes a first coolant passage which is disposed in the first shield plate part and which has a passage portion extending all the way to the first shield plate part positioned around the first opening.

Abstract: A tape-like magnetic recording medium includes a reinforced substrate, and a recording layer arranged on the reinforced substrate, and the reinforced substrate includes a substrate that has a first face and a second face opposed to each other, and has an average thickness of 4 ?m or smaller, and a metal layer that contains cobalt, arranged on the first face, the reinforced substrate by itself causing thereon a depth of indentation of 0.25 ?m or shallower, when a 0.7-mm-diameter hard sphere is impressed against the second face under 5.0 gf load for 10 seconds.