Abstract: A current mirror circuit converts a positive-side supply voltage of a second power supply with respect to a reference potential into an electric current so as to supply the electric current to a current/voltage converting section. The current/voltage converting section converts the electric current from the current mirror circuit into a voltage with respect to the reference potential of a first power supply so as to supply the voltage to a feedback input terminal of a switching controller. Therefore, although the reference potential of the first power supply supplied to the switching controller is different from the reference potential of the second power supply, the electric current from the current mirror circuit is not influenced by the reference potential.

Abstract: A flush toilet includes a bowl portion having a waste receiving surface, a rim portion, spout portions for spouting flush water supplied from a reservoir tank into the bowl portion, and a water discharge trap pipe for discharging waste. The water discharge trap includes an inlet connected to a bottom of the bowl portion. The bowl portion waste receiving surface includes an upper waste receiving surface connected to the rim portion, and a concave portion connected between the upper waste receiving surface and the discharge trap pipe. The concave portion includes a bottom surface connected to the discharge trap pipe and is positioned below the upper waste receiving surface, and a wall surface connecting the bottom surface and a bottom edge portion of the upper waste receiving surface. A front region of this wall surface forms a sloped surface sloping on the inside from bottom to top.

Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a file processing apparatus includes a determination module, and a recording controller. The determination module is configured to determine relevancies of a plurality of files. The recording controller is configured to issue an instruction to record a first file of the first file and a second file having predetermined relevancies in a first area of a first storage of a storage unit configured to simultaneously read data from corresponding locations of a plurality of storages, to record the second file in a second area of a second storage at a location corresponding to the first area, and to record remaining files in free areas of the plurality of storages.

Abstract: In an electronic device, when a 48 V feed system is shifted to a 12 V feed system, in order to supply the same electric power, a current of fourth times needs to flow into a backplane. Also, in an anteroposterior intake and exhaust system, there is a need to form a ventilator through which a cooling air passes in the backplane. Further, there arises a problem that a mechanical strength is deteriorated by provision of the ventilator in the backplane. There is provided a structure in which a pinnate projection is provided on a feed bus bar, and a cooling air is applied to the feed bus bar. Also, the feed bus bar is brought into close contact with an overall surface of the backplane, and electrically and mechanically connected thereto at multiple points, to thereby perform both of cooling and the suppression of stiffness deterioration.

Abstract: A hydraulic actuator unit includes a first electric motor assembly formed by mounting one of a pair of electric motors to one of a pair of electric motor covers, wherein the first electric motor assembly is detachably mounted to a pump case so as to rotate a first control shaft around its axis line, and a second electric motor assembly formed by mounting the other one of the pair of electric motors to the other one of the pair of electric motor covers, wherein the second electric motor assembly is detachably mounted to the pump case so as to rotate a second control shaft around its axis line.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a file processing apparatus includes a file group generator, a divided file generator, and a recorder. The file group generator is configured to generate a file group formed by a plurality of first processing target files each having a size less than a threshold size of processing target files. The divided file generator is configured to generate first divided files by dividing the file group, and to generate second divided files by dividing a second processing target file having a size not less than the threshold size of the processing target files. The recorder is configured to record the first and second divided files.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device is provided and includes: a pair of electrodes; an organic layer including a light emitting layer between the electrodes. The organic layer contains a compound represented by formula (I). In formula (I), R11, R12, and R13 each independently represents a C1-6 alkyl group, Q1 represents a carbon atom or a silicon atom, R14 represents a hydrogen atom or -Q2(R16)(R17)R18 in which Q2 represents a carbon atom or a silicon atom and R16, R17, and R18 each independently represents a C1-6 alkyl group, R15 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, and n stands for 1 or 2.

Abstract: A flush toilet for discharging waste using flush water supplied from a flush water supply source is disclosed. The flush toilet comprises a bowl portion including a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim portion and a shelf portion; a water discharge path for discharging waste; a water spouting portion for spouting flush water onto the shelf portion of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow; and a water conduit for supplying the flush water to the water spouting portion; wherein the bowl portion includes a front region and a rear region, and the rim portion of the bowl portion is such that the curvature radius in the front region is equal to or smaller than the curvature radius of the rear region, and wherein the water spouting portion is formed on either the left or right side in the front region of the rim portion and spouts the flush water toward the front of the rim portion.

Abstract: A toilet including a bowl portion having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim portion formed on the top edge portion thereof so that inner circumferential surface thereof rises essentially vertically, and a shelf portion formed between the rim portion and the waste receiving surface; a water spouting portion for spouting flush water onto the shelf portion of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow; and a water conduit for supplying the flush water to the spouting portion. The water spouting portion is formed in the front region of the bowl portion, and a part of the inner circumferential surface of the rim portion is formed in an inward-facing overhanging shape; and the water spouting portion is covered by the overhanging part of the rim portion such that a user cannot observe the water spouting portion when viewing from diagonally forward and above the bowl portion.

Abstract: A flush toilet for discharging waste using flush water supplied from a flush water source, including a bowl portion having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim portion formed on the top edge portion thereof, and a shelf portion formed between the rim portion and the waste receiving surface; a water discharge path for discharging waste, the path including an inlet which is connected at the bottom of the bowl portion; a water spouting portion for spouting flush water onto the shelf portion of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow; and a water conduit for supplying flush water to the spouting portion. The water spouting portion is formed on the rim portion, and a first swirl trajectory of a first circulation and a second swirl trajectory of a second circulation are mutually different when flush water spouted from the water spouting portion swirls along the rim portion.

Abstract: A flush toilet for discharging waste using flush water supplied from a flush water source, including a bowl portion having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim portion a shelf portion; a rim spouting portion disposed on the rim portion for spouting flush water onto the shelf portion to form a swirl flow on the waste receiving surface; a rim water conduit, branching in the vicinity of the back surface side of the bowl portion from the shared water conduit, for supplying flush water to the rim spouting portion; and a jet water conduit branching in the vicinity of the rear surface side of the bowl portion from the shared water conduit, and communicating with an opening portion formed in the lower region of the waste receiving surface of the bowl portion.

Abstract: The flush toilet comprises: a bowl portion including a waste receiving surface and a rim portion; spout portions for spouting flush water supplied from a reservoir tank into the bowl portion; and a water discharge trap pipe for discharging waste, the inlet of which is connected to the bottom of the bowl portion; whereby the bowl portion waste receiving surface includes an upper waste receiving surface connected to the rim portion, and a concave portion connected between the upper waste receiving surface and the discharge trap pipe, the concave portion includes a bottom surface connected to the discharge trap pipe and positioned below the upper waste receiving surface and a wall surface connecting this bottom surface and the bottom edge portion of the upper waste receiving surface, and the front region of this wall surface forms a sloped surface sloping on the inside from bottom to top.

Abstract: A current mirror circuit converts a positive-side supply voltage of a second power supply with respect to a reference potential into an electric current so as to supply the electric current to a current/voltage converting section. The current/voltage converting section converts the electric current from the current mirror circuit into a voltage with respect to the reference potential of a first power supply so as to supply the voltage to a feedback input terminal of a switching controller. Therefore, although the reference potential of the first power supply supplied to the switching controller is different from the reference potential of the second power supply, the electric current from the current mirror circuit is not influenced by the reference potential.

Abstract: A method of forming a metal film, the method including: (a) forming a primer layer on a substrate by applying a first polymer including a unit having a cyano group in a side chain; (b) forming a polymer layer on the surface of the primer layer by applying a second polymer, the second polymer having a functional group that interacts with an electroless plating catalyst or a precursor thereof and a polymerizable group; (c) applying the electroless plating catalyst or the precursor thereof to the polymer layer; and (d) forming a metal film on the polymer layer by performing electroless plating.

Abstract: A method and a device for electrochemically machining workpiece having blade end plates at the longitudinal both ends of a blade-shaped portion having aerofoil shape in cross section by extending and retracting divided electrodes. A part of the blade-shaped portion and one blade end plate continued therewith are electrochemically machined by advancing the main electrode in an acute angle direction relative to the longitudinal direction of the blade-shaped portion. At the same time or subsequently, the remaining part of the blade-shaped portion and the other blade end plate continued therewith are electrochemically machined by slidably advancing an auxiliary electrode along the slope of the main electrode forming an acute angle relative to the blade-shaped-portion-machining-surface. Thus, the number of the parts of an electrode unit can be reduced and the structure thereof can be simplified.

Abstract: A compound which captures a multisite phosphorylated peptide or protein specifically to a phosphorylation site and a method for detecting the peptide or protein using the compound. Particularly, a compound which specifically detects an excessively phosphorylated tau protein observed in the brain affected by Alzheimer's disease and a method for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in vitro or in vivo using the compound are provided. By bringing a metal complex compound having two dipicolylamine (Dpa) moieties and a spacer including a chromogenic or luminescent functional or atom group into contact with a multisite phosphorylated peptide or protein, the compound recognizes the distance between phosphate groups and specifically binds to the peptide or protein, and a multisite phosphorylated peptide or protein or kinase activity is optically detected by measuring the change, or a multisite phosphorylated peptide or protein or kinase activity is imaged by an optical imaging method applying the change in luminescence.