Abstract: The present invention pertains to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of kidney disease, a kidney inflammation inhibitor, an inflammatory cell death inhibitor for the kidneys, or a food for the prevention or improvement of kidney disease, that include D-alanine or a derivative thereof. In addition, the present invention pertains to the use of D-alanine or a derivative thereof, for the production of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of kidney disease.

Abstract: A controller, upon occurrence of a sheet jam in a downstream conveyor, discharges a sheet in an upstream conveyor from a discharge port by controlling an operation of a switchback roller depending on an operation status of the switchback roller at a time of the occurrence of the sheet jam and then stops sheet conveyance by a conveyor.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing section; a print conveyor conveying a medium in the printing section; a constant-speed conveyor conveying the medium at a variable constant conveying speed in a circulation route for duplex printing; a registration roller pair against which the medium to be conveyed to the printing section is caused to abut; and a processor determining a conveyance schedule for the medium based on at least one of a first conveyance route length between a downstream end portion in a conveying direction of the print conveyor and an upstream end portion in the conveying direction of the constant-speed conveyor and a second conveyance route length between a downstream end portion in the conveying direction of the constant-speed conveyor and the registration roller pair, and a medium length in the conveying direction of the medium.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport section that transports a recording material, a grasping section that grasps a remaining situation of a recording material remaining in a transport path through which the recording material is transported by the transport section, a reception section that receives, from a user, an input of the number of removed sheets of recording material removed from the transport path by the user in a case where the transport of the recording material by the transport section is stopped, and a start section that starts the stopped transport by the transport section based on the number of removed sheets input by the user.

Abstract: A paper supply device is equipped with a paper supply unit that sequentially supplies a plurality of print media, and a control unit that controls the paper supply unit. During sequential supply of a plurality of print media at a paper supply interval, in the case that it is necessary to secure a paper supply interval which is set in advance and is longer than the paper supply interval, a reference paper supply interval, based on a point in time which is a natural number multiple of the paper supply interval, and a post print process paper supply interval are compared. Print media are supplied at the post print process paper supply interval in the case that the post print process paper supply interval and the reference paper supply interval are different.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transport section that transports a recording material, a grasping section that grasps a remaining situation of a recording material remaining in a transport path through which the recording material is transported by the transport section, a reception section that receives, from a user, an input of the number of removed sheets of recording material removed from the transport path by the user in a case where the transport of the recording material by the transport section is stopped, and a start section that starts the stopped transport by the transport section based on the number of removed sheets input by the user.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyurethane urea elastic fiber with high elasticity and excellent textile property stability over time by modifying the ends of the polyurethane urea polymer molecular chain, and to provide a method for producing such a polyurethane urea elastic fiber. Another object of the present invention is to provide a polyurethane urea elastic fiber that allows for easier inventory control and processing condition management of fibers when it is used, and that can be used to obtain fabrics with stable fabric characteristics and fabric quality, and to provide a method for producing such a polyurethane urea elastic fiber.

Abstract: A sheet discharger includes: an accommodator configured to accommodate sheets; a conveyor configured to convey and discharge a sheet to the accommodator; a detector configured to detect whether a jam of a sheet has occurred in the accommodator and a state of the jam; and a controller configured to control the conveyor to continue sheet discharge upon detection by the detector of the jam in a state where sheet discharge of a jammed sheet is possible.

Abstract: [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a polyurethane elastic fiber with excellent textile properties and textile property stability over time by including in the polyurethane elastic fiber a specific polyurethane having in the molecular structure a salt structure in which specific functional groups are ionically bonded to each other, and to provide a method for producing such a polyurethane elastic fiber. Another object of the present invention is to provide a polyurethane elastic fiber that allows for easier inventory control and processing condition management of fibers when used, and that can be used to obtain fabrics with stable fabric properties and fabric quality, and to provide a method for producing such a polyurethane elastic fiber. [Solution] A polyurethane elastic fiber comprising polyurethane A and additive B below. Polyurethane A: A polyurethane using as starting materials a polymer diol, a diisocyanate, and a chain extender, and not having a tertiary amine in the skeleton.

Abstract: Provided is a moving handrail that can lengthen its lifetime. The moving handrail includes: a handrail main body portion; a fabric arranged on a guide surface of the handrail main body portion and extending in a handrail longitudinal direction; and a resin sheet arranged on the fabric so that the fabric is sandwiched between the handrail main body portion and the resin sheet, wherein a surface of the fabric facing a handrail guide has arranged thereon an end portion of the fabric in the handrail longitudinal direction, and wherein the end portion of the fabric in the handrail longitudinal direction is covered with the resin sheet.

Abstract: A medium feeding device includes a feeder that feeds a medium, a medium detection sensor that detects the medium fed by the feeder, and a processor that changes feed settings of the feeder based on a detection result of the medium detection sensor, wherein the processor switches a feed setting to be changed among a plurality of the feed settings of the feeder based on the detection result of the medium detection sensor.

Abstract: A paper feeder includes a processor configured to, in a case of lowering a paper feed tray on which paper is placed in an accommodation section that accommodates paper and replenishing paper, the paper feed tray being controlled to be raised/lowered in a case of replenishing paper, control a lowering amount of the paper feed tray according to a number of sheets of paper to be replenished.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printing section; a print conveyor conveying a medium in the printing section; a constant-speed conveyor conveying the medium at a variable constant conveying speed in a circulation route for duplex printing; a registration roller pair against which the medium to be conveyed to the printing section is caused to abut; and a processor determining a conveyance schedule for the medium based on at least one of a first conveyance route length between a downstream end portion in a conveying direction of the print conveyor and an upstream end portion in the conveying direction of the constant-speed conveyor and a second conveyance route length between a downstream end portion in the conveying direction of the constant-speed conveyor and the registration roller pair, and a medium length in the conveying direction of the medium.

Abstract: An image forming system includes a processor configured to, in a case where a determination that an abnormality is not present in an image printed on a paper sheet fed from a first paper feeding source is made, discharge a first paper sheet on which the image determined as not having the abnormality is printed to a first discharge destination, in a case where a determination that the abnormality is present in the image is made, discharge a second paper sheet on which the image determined as having the abnormality is printed to a second discharge destination, discharge a paper sheet of a subsequent page of the second paper sheet to a third discharge destination and temporarily stop printing processing, notify a user of an instruction to arrange the paper sheet discharged to the third discharge destination in a second paper feeding source different from the first paper feeding source, and in a case where a notification indicating that the paper sheet discharged to the third discharge destination is arranged in

Abstract: A controller, upon occurrence of a sheet jam in a downstream conveyor, discharges a sheet in an upstream conveyor from a discharge port by controlling an operation of a switchback roller depending on an operation status of the switchback roller at a time of the occurrence of the sheet jam and then stops sheet conveyance by a conveyor.

Abstract: A sheet discharger includes: an accommodator configured to accommodate sheets; a conveyor configured to convey and discharge a sheet to the accommodator; a detector configured to detect whether a jam of a sheet has occurred in the accommodator and a state of the jam; and a controller configured to control the conveyor to continue sheet discharge upon detection by the detector of the jam in a state where sheet discharge of a jammed sheet is possible.

Abstract: Provided is a moving handrail that can lengthen its lifetime. The moving handrail includes: a handrail main body portion; a fabric arranged on a guide surface of the handrail main body portion and extending in a handrail longitudinal direction; and a resin sheet arranged on the fabric so that the fabric is sandwiched between the handrail main body portion and the resin sheet, wherein a surface of the fabric facing a handrail guide has arranged thereon an end portion of the fabric in the handrail longitudinal direction, and wherein the end portion of the fabric in the handrail longitudinal direction is covered with the resin sheet.

Abstract: A paper supply device is equipped with a paper supply unit that sequentially supplies a plurality of print media, and a control unit that controls the paper supply unit. During sequential supply of a plurality of print media at a paper supply interval, in the case that it is necessary to secure a paper supply interval which is set in advance and is longer than the paper supply interval, a reference paper supply interval, based on a point in time which is a natural number multiple of the paper supply interval, and a post print process paper supply interval are compared. Print media are supplied at the post print process paper supply interval in the case that the post print process paper supply interval and the reference paper supply interval are different.

Abstract: A paper feeder includes a processor configured to, in a case of lowering a paper feed tray on which paper is placed in an accommodation section that accommodates paper and replenishing paper, the paper feed tray being controlled to be raised/lowered in a case of replenishing paper, control a lowering amount of the paper feed tray according to a number of sheets of paper to be replenished.

Abstract: Provided is a compressed powder core that can suppress a decrease in the inductance even when a high magnetic field (of greater than or equal to 40 kA/m) is applied to the compressed powder core while suppressing an iron loss and a decrease in the strength of the compressed powder core. The compressed powder core 1A has soft magnetic particles 11A and aluminum nitride layers 12A formed on the surface layers of the respective soft magnetic particles 11A. The compressed powder core 1A has a ratio of the first differential relative permeability ??L to the second differential relative permeability ??H satisfying a relationship of ??L/??H?6, and has a magnetic flux density of greater than or equal to 1.4 T when a magnetic field of 60 kA/m is applied. The soft magnetic particles of the compressed powder core 1A contain Si in the range of 1.0 to 3.