Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes an exterior member, a negative electrode containing a titanium-containing oxide housed in the exterior member, a positive electrode housed in the exterior member, a separator housed in the exterior member and arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution housed in the exterior member. At least one type or more chain carbonates are contained in a solvent of the non-aqueous electrolyte solution. A self-diffusion coefficient of the chain carbonate in ?20° C. is front 1.4×10?10 to 2.0×10?10 m/sec.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum life estimation mechanism which estimates wear amounts of a charge transfer layer in both of a toner bearing area and an end portion of a toner non-bearing area of a developing roller and informs a user that the photosensitive drum has reached the end of its life if, out of total wear amounts of the areas corresponding to predetermined life threshold values of the toner bearing and non-bearing areas, either of the total wear amounts reaches the threshold value.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a frame including a first step portion provided in a ring shape in an inner circumference of one main surface of the frame, a second step portion provided in a ring shape in an inner circumference of another main surface of the frame, and an inner wall provided between the first step portion and the second step portion; a terminal leading from the first step portion to outside; a circuit board fitted to the second step portion; and an adhesive resin bonding the second step portion and the circuit board, and contacting the inner wall and the terminal.

Abstract: There is provided a cleaning apparatus including a cleaning member configured to collect developer on an image bearing member, and a storage chamber configured to store the developer, wherein cross-sectional areas of a lengthwise center and an end portion of the storage chamber in a lengthwise direction of the storage chamber are different, the cross sections being orthogonal to the lengthwise direction.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a chlorinated polyolefin resin having favorable adhesion to a polyolefin resin and high solubility in a composition containing an alcohol-based solvent. The present invention provides a chlorinated polyolefin resin that exhibits, in infrared spectroscopy spectrum measurement, a peak area ratio A/B×100 of 10% or higher, a peak area ratio C/B×100 of 30 to 80%, and a peak area ratio A/C×100 of 30% or higher (wherein “A” is the area of a peak resulting from hydroxyl groups, “B” is the area of a peak resulting from methylene groups, and “C” is the area of a peak resulting from carbonyl groups). The present invention also provides an ink composition for gravure printing or flexography that contains the chlorinated polyolefin resin, a printed material obtained using the above composition, and a printing method using the above composition.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a frame including a first step portion provided in a ring shape in an inner circumference of one main surface of the frame, a second step portion provided in a ring shape in an inner circumference of another main surface of the frame, and an inner wall provided between the first step portion and the second step portion; a terminal leading from the first step portion to outside; a circuit board fitted to the second step portion; and an adhesive resin bonding the second step portion and the circuit board, and contacting the inner wall and the terminal.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a pixel array, a first column output line provided for each column of the pixel array, a first constant current source, a scanning unit configured to select the pixel portions for each row, and a current control unit configured to control current values, wherein the scanning unit can switch between a normal readout mode and a mixing readout mode, and in the mixing readout mode, the current control unit controls the current values of the first column output lines so that the current value of the first column output line to which the signals of at least one color are simultaneously output is smaller than the current value of the first column output line to which the signals of another color are simultaneously output.

Abstract: An image sensor having a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, and a scanning unit that selects row or rows and causes signals to be output from pixels in the selected row or rows, each of the pixels comprising: a photoelectric converter; a storage portion; a transfer portion configured to transfer a signal charge generated by the photoelectric converter to the storage portion, if each of the pixels is included in the selected row or rows; and an output portion configured to output a pixel signal corresponding to the signal charge transferred to the storage portion. In a merged readout mode, a capacitance of the storage portion of a pixel in a row or rows except a predetermined row among the plurality of selected rows is different from that in the predetermined row.

Abstract: Hemoglobin in a sample solution is quickly and reliably denatured; at the same time, quick and accurate measurement of hemoglobin and a hemoglobin derivative is realized. In a method for measuring hemoglobin and a hemoglobin derivative, and a reagent composition, a measurement kit, an analysis device, and an analysis system used in the method, a sample solution containing a blood component is treated with a nonionic surfactant, an oxidizing agent, and a metal salt to denature hemoglobin in the sample solution to measure the hemoglobin, and thereafter the amount of a hemoglobin derivative in the sample is measured by an immunological method using an antibody specifically binding to a denatured site of the denatured hemoglobin derivative.

Abstract: A silver-coated copper powder includes copper core particles and a silver coat layer located on the surface of the core particles. When S1 is a BET specific surface area (m2/g) of the silver-coated copper powder; S2 is a specific surface area (m2/g) calculated from a particle diameter D50 obtained by the analysis of a microscopic image of the silver-coated copper powder; and t is a thickness of the silver coat layer, the silver-coated copper powder satisfies Expression: (S1/S2)?0.005×t+1.45. The silver-coated copper powder has a volume cumulative particle diameter D50L at a cumulative volume of 50 vol % as measured by laser diffraction-scattering method of 0.01 to 100 ?m.

Abstract: A developing device includes a developer carrying member, rotatable while carrying a developer, for supplying developer to an image bearing member, a developer supplying member, which is provided with a foam layer at its surface and is rotatable in contact with the developer carrying member, for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member, and a first gear for transmitting a driving force to the developer supplying member. The first gear is movable to a first position where the driving force is not transmitted to the developer supplying member and to a second position where the driving force is transmitted to the developer supplying member. During initial drive of the developer carrying member, the developer supplying member is rotated by a frictional force generated between the developer supplying member and the developer carrying member, with the first gear to be moved from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a charging device; an exposure device configured to expose intermittently for each unit area of the image bearing member charged by the charging device to form a latent image; a developing device configured to develop the latent image with developer; a signal output portion configured to output a first electric signal when the exposure device exposes a print area of the image bearing member, and output a second electric signal, which instructs the exposure device to shorten an exposure time per unit area more than an exposure time of the first electric signal, when the exposure device exposes a non-print area of the image bearing member; and a count portion, to which the first and the second electric signals are input from the signal output portion, configured to measure only the first electric signal without measuring the second electric signal.

Abstract: At least a rotor fixing portion and a bearing fitting portion are combined to form a hollow rotary shaft. The rotor of a rotary motor portion is fixed on the rotor fixing portion. A thrust radial bearing is fitted on the outer periphery of the bearing fitting portion and a screw nut is fitted to the bearing fitting portion. The rotor fixing portion and the bearing fitting portion are coupled with screw member(s) which are inserted into the hollow rotary shaft from one axial end of the hollow rotary shaft and axially extend inside the bearing fitting portion and the rotor fixing portion. A flange portion of the screw nut is fixed on an abutment portion of the bearing fitting portion in abutment with an end surface of an inner race of the thrust radial bearing that is located on the one axial end side.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes an electrode group, a battery container, an insulation member, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The electrode group includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The insulation member, which insulates the positive electrode and the negative electrode from the battery container and absorbs vibration, includes a resin and an inorganic material and has a bending elastic modulus between 600 MPa and 1,500 MPa, a specific heat between 0.25 cal/° C.·g and 0.40 cal/° C.·g, and a thermal conductivity between 0.3 W/m·K and 0.6 W/m·K.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material-containing layer. The positive electrode active material-containing layer includes at least one lithium-nickel composite oxide and a conductive agent. The positive electrode active material-containing layer has, in a particle size distribution obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method, an average particle diameter d50 within a range of 1 ?m to 5.5 ?m, a maximum particle diameter within a range of 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a particle diameter d10 within a range of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m, and X, represented by X=(d50?d10)/d50, within a range of 0.5 to less than 1.

Abstract: An analysis device includes: a separation cavity 18 for separating a test liquid into a solution component and a solid component by using a centrifugal force; a higher specific gravity component quantitative cavity 23 for holding a portion of the separated solid component which has been transferred; a sample solution overflow cavity 22 arranged between the higher specific gravity component quantitative cavity 23 and the separation cavity 18 and connected to a connecting channel 21 for transporting the sample liquid from the separation cavity 18; and a capillary cavity 19 formed in the separation cavity 18 for temporarily holding a separated solution component (blood plasma) in the separation cavity 18. A blood plasma component 57a remaining in the separation cavity 18 is trapped by the capillary cavity 19.

Abstract: A sample solution including blood components is processed with a denaturalization reagent comprising a nonionic surface-activating agent and an oxidizing agent to denaturalize a hemoglobin derivative in the sample solution, and thereafter, an immunoassay is performing utilizing an antibody that is specific to a denaturalized site of the hemoglobin derivative to measure the amount of the hemoglobin derivative in the sample. Therefore, when performing assay of hemoglobin derivative, denaturalization of hemoglobin can be performed speedily and reliably while minimizing adverse effects of the denaturalization reagent on immune reaction.

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode containing a lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide, and a negative electrode containing a spinel-type lithium titanium composite oxide, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery satisfies the formula (1) (0.92C?<C??1.00C?).

Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes an electrode group containing a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte held in the electrode group. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery satisfies the following relation (1): ?0.07?(DA?DC)×S/B?0.05.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a detection mode execution unit, and a notice signal generating unit. The developing device supplies a toner bearing member with toner in a container by rotating a toner supply member in a contact manner with the toner bearing member. The detection mode execution unit executes a detection mode in which a predetermined period for changing a toner amount in the foam layer by rotating the toner supply member is provided, a capacitance C1 between the first and second electrode members is detected before the predetermined period, and a capacitance C2 between the first and second electrode members is detected after the predetermined period. The notice signal generating unit generates a low toner amount notice signal in response to an absolute value |C1?C2| of a difference between the capacitances C1 and C2 being smaller than a predetermined threshold.