Abstract: The disclosed apparatus includes a plurality of differential transmitters, and a power supply circuit that supplies a power supply voltage to each of the plurality of differential transmitters. The power supply circuit includes a common circuit unit that defines the power supply voltage supplied to the plurality of differential transmitters, and a plurality of individual circuit units provided in association with the plurality of differential transmitters and each connected to the common circuit unit. Each of the plurality of individual circuit units has an output node that outputs the power supply voltage defined by the common circuit unit to a corresponding differential transmitter of the plurality of differential transmitters, and respective output nodes of the plurality of individual circuit units are connected to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cell classification method, to be executed by an analyzer, for classifying cells contained in a specimen, including: preparing a first measurement sample by treating a specimen under a first preparation condition; obtaining a first signal from the prepared first measurement sample; classifying, by using the first signal, cells contained in the first measurement sample; preparing a second measurement sample by treating the specimen under a second preparation condition different from the first preparation condition; obtaining a second signal from the prepared second measurement sample; classifying, by using the second signal, cells contained in the second measurement sample; and comparing a result of the cell classification performed by using the first signal and a result of the cell classification performed by using the second signal, with each other, and outputting an analysis result including a number of cells on the basis of a result of the comparison.

Abstract: Vehicle allocation system includes an information provision apparatus, a first apparatus: control apparatus, and a user's second apparatus: user terminal apparatus. Processor of the information provision apparatus calculates a first driving plan for a vehicle in response to request information. When a second driving plan different from the first driving plan is calculated based on detection information acquired from the vehicle, the processor determines the cause of a change in the driving plan on the basis of the detection information. The processor transmits cause information including the cause to the user terminal apparatus. The user terminal apparatus presents the cause information on a display.

Abstract: A memory includes: a magnet including a first and second portions adjacent in a first direction. The first portion has a first dimension in a second direction at a first position at which a dimension of the magnet in the second direction is maximum, the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second portion has a second dimension in the second direction at a second position at which a dimension of the magnet in the second direction is minimum, the second dimension smaller than the first dimension, the first portion is continuous to the second portion via a third position between the first and second positions, a curve corresponding to an outer of the magnet extends between the first and third positions, and the curve passes through a side closer to the central axis of the magnet than a straight line connecting the first and second positions.

Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with a header that has a body section formed in a cylindrical shape and a divider that divides an internal space in the body section. In a state in which the body section and the divider are combined with each other, plate distal end portions of a pair of side plate portions of the divider do not protrude from a pair of respective insertion portions of the body section toward an outside of the body section. The plate distal end portions are deformed in such a state that walls of the plate distal end portions are spread out such that end faces of the plate distal end portions each form a V-shaped groove, and are in engagement with inner walls of the pair of respective insertion portions inside through holes defined by the pair of respective insertion portions.

Abstract: A fuel cell power generation system includes a fuel cell generating electric power with hydrogen, a condenser extracting hydrogen contained in steam discharged from the fuel cell, and a hydrogen supply route configured to supply hydrogen extracted by the condenser to the fuel cell.

Abstract: A fastener stringer for a concealed slide fastener in which a knitted fastener tape has a tape main body portion and a doubled-tape portion that is formed by extending in a width direction from the tape main body portion and being folded back, wherein at least a chain stitch yarn is included in each wale forming the tape main body portion, and wales forming the doubled-tape portion have at least one wide wale having a second wale width that is greater than the first wale width of the wale forming the tape main body portion. The doubled-tape portion of the fastener tape can thereby be provided with superior flexibility.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, a system, and a method. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming engine to form an image on a recording medium, interrupts an image formation by the image forming engine in response to a malfunction, detects a recording medium on which the image formation is interrupted, and notifies an external device of a detection result of the recording medium.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element includes a p-type thermoelectric converter, an n-type thermoelectric converter, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. One end of the p-type converter is electrically connected to one end of the n-type converter. The other end of the p-type converter is electrically connected to the second electrode, and the other end of the n-type converter is electrically connected to the third electrode. The p-type converter includes a first phononic crystal layer having a first phononic crystal structure including regularly arranged first through holes. The n-type converter includes a second phononic crystal layer having a second phononic crystal structure including regularly arranged second through holes. The through direction of the first through holes is a direction extending between the ends of the p-type converter. The through direction of the second through holes is a direction extending between the ends of the n-type converter.

Abstract: A gas production device 1 comprises a connection unit 2 for supplying an exhaust gas including carbon dioxide CO2, a reducing gas supply unit 3 that supplies a reducing gas including H2 that reduces a reducing agent 4R that has been brought into an oxidized state by contact with the carbon dioxide CO2, the reducing agent including a metal oxide that generates CO by reducing the carbon dioxide CO2, and a reaction unit 4 provided with a plurality of reactors 4a to 4d connected respectively to the connection unit 2 and the reducing gas supply unit 3, and with the educing agent 4R that is contained in each of the reactors 4a to 4d, in which the reaction unit 4 being capable of switching between the oxidizing gas and the reducing gas to be supplied to each of the reactors 4a to 4d.

Abstract: A textile printing inkjet ink includes: a pigment; a water-dispersible resin; and an aqueous medium, wherein the water-dispersible resin has tensile strength of 0.1 to 4.5 MPa at 25° C. and breaking elongation of 500 to 1500% at 25° C.

Abstract: A gas production device and a gas production system capable of continuously and stably manufacturing a produced gas containing carbon monoxide from a raw material gas containing carbon dioxide are provided. A gas production device 1 manufactures a produced gas containing carbon monoxide by bringing a raw material gas containing carbon dioxide into contact with a reducing agent containing a metal oxide that reduces the carbon dioxide.

Abstract: A sensor is provided with a cylindrical-shaped housing which has an opening formed at one end, an electronic component which is housed in the housing, a cylindrical-shaped clamp of which one end is inserted into the housing from the opening, and a sealing resin which seals the gap between the inner wall of the housing and the outer wall of the clamp. On the outer wall, the clamp has a rib which rises towards the inner wall of the housing. The rib includes an apex and a sloped surface which extends from the apex towards another end of the clamp and which intersects the outer wall of the clamp. The sealing resin, which exudes from between the inner wall of the housing and the apex and which is positioned on the sloped surface, has a recess resulting from surface tension.

Abstract: An image forming method includes: applying an ink containing a pigment and resin particles onto a fabric by an inkjet method; and applying a post-treatment liquid containing a lubricant onto the ink applied to the fabric in a wet-on-wet manner, wherein when a solubility parameter of a resin constituting the resin particles is represented by SP1 (cal/cm3)1/2 and a solubility parameter of the lubricant is represented by SP2 (cal/cm3)1/2, 0.3?SP1?SP2?0.8 is satisfied.

Abstract: The pretreatment liquid of the present invention is applicable for a fabric to be used for inkjet textile printing, and the pretreatment liquid contains a block copolymer including a hydrophobic block derived from a hydrophobic resin having an SP value of less than 11 and a hydrophilic block derived from a hydrophilic resin having an SP value of 11 or more, with the difference between the SP values of the hydrophobic resin and the hydrophilic resin of 1.0 or more; and water.

Abstract: A textile printing ink including polymer particles, contains: first polymer particles; second polymer particles having a weight average molecular weight different from a weight average molecular weight of the first polymer particles; and a binding aid that crosslinks the polymer particles, on a surface, inside, or outside of the first polymer particles and the second polymer particles, wherein when a weight average molecular weight of a polymer contained in the first polymer particles is denoted by HMw1 and a weight average molecular weight of a polymer contained in the second polymer particles is denoted by LMw2, a ratio (LMw2/HMw1) of the weight average molecular weight of the polymer of the second polymer particles to the weight average molecular weight of the polymer of the first polymer particles is in a range of 0.01 to 0.20.

Abstract: Provision of a gas production apparatus that can stably produce a product gas with carbon monoxide as its main component from a separated gas including carbon dioxide as a main component.

Abstract: A storage device includes a first die and a second die. The first die is stacked on the second die. The first die includes a plurality of die regions partitioned by dicing regions. Each of the die regions includes a memory cell array. The second die includes a circuit configured to process reading of data from and writing of data to, memory cells in the memory cell arrays in each of the die regions of the first die.

Abstract: At least one memory device of a game system stores a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: set, on a touch panel, a reception area for receiving a direction designation operation; move, in accordance with a movement of a touch position on the touch panel, an operation position in a direction corresponding to a moving direction of the touch position by a distance longer than a moving distance of the touch position; acquire a designated direction based on a direction from a reference position corresponding to the reception area to the operation position; and execute game processing based on the designated direction.

Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus for printing an aqueous ink on a fabric containing: a printing device for ejecting the aqueous ink onto the fabric; a coating device located downstream of the printing device for applying a cleaning liquid containing no eluate from the fabric to the fabric; and a removing device located downstream of the coating device of the cleaning liquid for removing the cleaning liquid.