Abstract: Provided is an antenna capable of establishing electrical conductivity between a flange-like short-circuit section of a power supply section and a thin metal plate even in a harsh temperature environment in a space environment. Under a state in which an apical portion of a power supply section is inserted from an outer side of a face plate into a hole for the power supply section of a thin metal plate, a dielectric plate, and a metal plate, a plurality of screws are inserted from the outer side of a flange-like short-circuit section through a plurality of insertion holes of the flange-like short-circuit section, the thin metal plate, and the dielectric plate, and the plurality of screws are threadingly inserted into a plurality of tapped holes of the metal plate so that electrical conductivity between the flange-like short-circuit section and the thin metal plate is established through direct contact.

Abstract: A cleaning blade which wipes a liquid discharge area by being moved relatively with respect to the liquid discharge area of a liquid discharge head having the liquid discharge area in which liquid discharge nozzles are arranged to discharge a liquid is disclosed. The cleaning blade includes: a supporting plate which has an adhesive agent layer on its front surface; and a wipe part which is slid and contacted with the liquid discharge area, the wipe part formed in which an elastic part formed of a synthetic resin is formed in one piece on the adhesive agent layer, and a tip end thereof is cut in a predetermined shape.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor includes an optical disc drive, a recorder, and a determination module. The optical disc drive includes a loading mechanism that loads and ejects an optical disc. The recorder obtains state information indicating the operating state of the loading mechanism to record the state information. The determination module determines that, when a value related to failure prediction of the loading mechanism satisfies a predetermined condition, there is a risk of failure in the loading mechanism. The value is calculated from a combination of a plurality of indices contained in the state information.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a melanin concentrating hormone receptor antagonist useful as medicines for central system disorders, cardiovascular disorders, metabolic disorders. [Means for Resolution] Provided are compound of a formula (I): [wherein R1 a and R1 b each are a hydrogen atom, etc.; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl, etc.; Ar1 is a 6-membered aromatic carbocyclic group or a 6-membered aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group; Ar2 is a group to be formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a 6-membered aromatic carbon ring, a 6-membered aromatic nitrogen-containing hetero ring, etc.; Ar3 is a mono- or bi-cyclic aromatic carbon ring or aromatic hetero ring; m1, m2, m3 and m4 each are independently 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, provided that the total of m1 and m2 is from 2 to 6, the total of m3 and m4 is from 2 to 6]. The compounds are useful as medicines for central system disorders, cardiovascular disorders, metabolic disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound that is useful for treatment of, for example, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, bulimia and obesity because of having an antagonistic action to a neuropeptide Y receptor and is represented by formula (I) [wherein R1 represents hydrogen, cyano, or the like; R represents a group represented by formula (II); X1 represents C1-4 lower alkylene or the like; X2 represents lower alkylene or the like; and Het represents a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring that has at least one nitrogen atom and, in addition, one or two hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen atoms] or to a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: It is possible to obtain a wide-band feeder circuit a lower conductive plate provided substantially in parallel to an upper conductive plate, a short-circuit portion provided in a concave manner at a central portion of the lower conductive plate, and a countersunk portion provided in a convex manner at a central portion of a short-circuit plate forming a bottom of the short-circuit portion. It is also possible to obtain an antenna including such a wide-band feeder circuit.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide an antagonist of a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor, which is useful as a medicine for a central nervous system disease, a cardiovascular disease or a metabolic disease. [Means for Solving Problems] The antagonist comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1a and R1b independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group; R2a, R2b, R3a and R3b independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or the like; Y represents H or —OH; Z represents —OR8, or the like; R8 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group which may have a substituent, or the like; R9a and R9b independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or the like; Ar1 represents an aromatic carbon ring group, or an aromatic heteroring group; Ar2 represents a group produced by removing two hydrogen atoms from an aromatic carbon ring, or the like; and the ring group A represents an unsaturated heteroring group.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor includes an optical disc drive, a recorder, and a determination module. The optical disc drive includes a loading mechanism that loads and ejects an optical disc. The recorder obtains state information indicating the operating state of the loading mechanism to record the state information. The determination module determines that, when a value related to failure prediction of the loading mechanism satisfies a predetermined condition, there is a risk of failure in the loading mechanism. The value is calculated from a combination of a plurality of indices contained in the state information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processor includes an optical disc drive, an acquiring module, a storage module, and a determination module. The acquiring module acquires identification information that uniquely identifies an optical disc loaded in the optical disc drive based on information read from the optical disc. The storage module obtains information related to failure analysis of the optical disc contained in state information indicating reading state or writing state upon reading from or writing to the optical disc, and stores the information related to failure analysis in association with the identification information. The determination module calculates values each indicating a level of failure of the optical disc based on pieces of information related to failure analysis of the optical disc stored until just recently in association with the identification information and, when the values satisfy a predetermined condition, determines that there is a risk of failure in the optical disc.

Abstract: A recording medium driving device includes a recording and/or playback unit for performing at least one of recording of a data signal on the recoding surface of a recording medium, and playback of a data signal from the recording surface, a printing unit for printing visible information on the main surface different from the recording surface of the recording medium using an inkjet method, a driver for performing driving as to the recording medium, and a drive control unit for switching the driving speed of the driver by a printing mode for printing visible information on the main surface or a recording/playback mode for recording or playback of the data signal on/from the recording surface.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an optical disc drive, a measuring module in the optical disc drive, and a measurement value reception module. The measuring module is configured to measure a value related to an operation of a predetermined motor in the optical disc drive, which is executed during a time period of power-up of the optical disc drive. The measurement value reception module is configured to receive a measurement value related to the operation of the predetermined motor from the optical disc drive in response to an event of being requested to turn off the power of the optical disc drive, and to store the received measurement value in a storage device.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus which stably provides highly concentrated oxygen to a patient, regardless of an environmental temperature and/or a highly concentrated oxygen gas flow rate. The present invention is an oxygen concentrator characterized in that an oxygen concentration sensor detecting a concentration of the oxygen gas produced by the oxygen concentrator, a temperature sensor measuring an environmental temperature and/or a flow rate sensor are provided, a control increasing/decreasing a supply airflow volume of the compressed air supply device based on a detected oxygen concentration detected value to maintain an oxygen concentration at a predetermined concentration is performed, and a control device is switched based on a value measured by the temperature sensor and/or flow rate sensor of the apparatus.

Abstract: An active ingredient is a compound represented by the general formula [I]: [wherein R1 and R2 represent a lower alkyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group or the like, X1 and X2 represent methine, an Ar—Y1—Y2—Y3-substituted methine or the like, however either of them is an Ar—Y1—Y2—Y3-substituted methine, X3 to X8 represent methine, —N— or the like, Y1 and Y3 represent a single bond, —O— or the like, Y2 represent a single bond, a lower alkylene group or the like, W represent —(O)—(CH2)n-(O)— or the like, n represents an integer of 1 to 4, L and Z2 represent a single bond or a methylene group, Z1 represents a single bond, a C1-4 alkylene group or the like, and Ar represents an aromatic carbocyclic group or the like]. The compound acts as a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonist and useful as a therapeutic agent for obesity or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is a print apparatus including a rotating unit rotating a printed object, a print head printing visible information by ejecting ink droplets onto the printed object being rotated by the rotating unit, and a control unit generating ink ejection data based on the visible information and controlling the print head based on the ink ejection data. In the print apparatus, the control unit converts the visible information, which is expressed using biaxial perpendicular coordinate data, to polar coordinate data and carries out dot density correction that applies a correction weighting calculated in accordance with the number of dots per unit area for each dot in the polar coordinate data to a luminance value of each dot to generate the ink ejection data.

Abstract: An organic luminescent material-containing solution contains an organic electroluminescent material and a solvent. The organic electroluminescent material at least contains a host and a dopant. The host is an anthracene derivative and is dissolved in the solvent with a content of 0.5 mass percent or more. The solvent is preferably a cyclic ketone. The solvent preferably contains a cyclohexanone derivative as the cyclic ketone.

Abstract: A printer-equipped disk recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: a disk drive; a printer; a single light-emitting indicator unit able to luminously indicate colors; an ink tank containing color inks of which the number corresponds to the number of colors the light-emitting indicator unit can indicate; an ink level detection unit that detects color ink levels in the ink tank and outputs detected signals; a printing operation detection unit that detects a printer operation and outputs a detected signal; a drive operation detection unit that detects a disk drive operation and outputs a detected signal; and a first light emission control unit that controls a luminous color and state of the light-emitting indicator unit in accordance with the printer operation, the disk drive operation and the color ink levels on the basis of the detected signals from the ink level detection unit, printing operation detection unit and drive operation detection unit.

Abstract: A game machine having a control unit as a first game chance control device generating a game chance achieving at least one winning combination in winning combinations whose achievement probability varies in a game within a predetermined range provided to the player in exchange for medals, a dividend value control device setting a correspondence relationship between the winning combinations and the dividend values for the player, a dividend display control device displaying an odds display section where the winning combinations are related with the dividend values on a monitor according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device, a dividend creating device generating the dividend for the player corresponding to the achieved winning combination according to the correspondence relationship set by the dividend value control device when any winning combination is achieved, and a condition determining device determining whether a predetermined dividend change condition is establishe

Abstract: A recording medium processing apparatus is disclosed. The recording medium processing apparatus includes: a head unit which traces a track formed on a recording surface of a recording medium and reads a data signal; a signal processing unit which detects positional information of the recording medium on the basis of the data signal; and a printing unit which prints visible information on a non-recording surface of the recording medium by referring to the positional information.

Abstract: As an apparatus to prevent the excess adsorption of oxygen molecules caused by excess supply of raw material air and the reduction in the level of generated oxygen caused by concentration of argon, which occur when a predetermined value of an oxygen supply flow rate is in a low flow rate zone, to suppress the electric power consumption and to stably drive a compressor, the present invention provides an oxygen concentrator that is a pressure swing adsorption-type oxygen concentrator equipped with; at least one adsorption bed filled with an adsorbent capable of selectively adsorbing nitrogen relative to oxygen, an air supply device to supply compressed air to the adsorption bed, a flow channel switching device to repeat at a predetermined timing an adsorption step to supply air from the air supply device to the adsorption bed to isolate concentrated oxygen and a desorption step to depressurize the adsorption bed to regenerate the adsorbent therein, and a flow rate setting device to set a volume of concentrated

Abstract: Provided is a compound of a formula (I): [wherein R1a and R1b are the same or different, representing a hydrogen atom, etc.; R2a and R2b are the same or different, representing a hydrogen atom, etc., or R2a and R2b, taken together, form —CH2CH2—, R3a and R3b are the same or different, representing a hydrogen atom, etc.; or R3a and R3b, taken together, form —CH2CH2-etc.; Y1 and Y2 represent —C(R)2—, etc.; Z represents OR, NR2, etc.; R represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, etc.; Ar1 represents a 6-membered aromatic carbocyclic group, etc.; Ar2 represents a 6-membered aromatic carbocyclic group, etc; A3 represents a 6-membered aromatic carbocyclic group etc.]. The compound is useful as a medicine for central disorders, cardiovascular disorders, metabolic disorders.