Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit to convey a print medium, a belt, a tensioner, and a control unit. The belt transmits a driving force of a drive unit to the conveyance unit. The tensioner is displaceable and makes pressure contact with the belt to generate tension. The control unit controls driving of the drive unit in a state where the tensioner is in pressure contact with the belt. The control unit performs first control in which the drive unit is driven with a first control value, which is not based on a driving amount detected by a detection unit. Where the detection unit detects the driving amount, the control unit subsequently performs second control in which the drive unit is driven with a second control value, which is based on the driving amount detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: In a brake pedal device, a brake pedal is connected to a casing with a posture changeable by a brake operation of a driver, and includes an operation unit that is pressed by a driver. A reaction force generating unit is provided inside the casing, and the reaction force generating unit is configured to generate a reaction force with respect to the brake pedal in accordance with an amount of change in the posture of the brake pedal during the brake operation, and to cause the brake pedal to return to a reference position when the brake operation is released. A sensor unit is provided outside the casing, to detect an amount of change in the posture of the brake pedal, and a sensor protector is provided at the casing in a position away from the brake pedal, to cover at least a part of the sensor unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, first and second conveyance units conveying a print medium, and a control unit performing reduction control to reduce an overlap amount between a preceding print medium and a succeeding print medium by using a speed difference. In a first case in which a trailing end of the preceding print medium and a leading end of the succeeding print medium are positioned in an interval between the first and second conveyance units, a conveying speed of the preceding print medium is set to a first speed. In a second case which is different from the first case and in which the trailing end and the leading end are positioned in the interval between the first and second conveyance units, the conveying speed of the preceding print medium is set to a second speed different from the first speed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pellicle that includes: a pellicle frame; a pellicle film supported at one end surface of the pellicle frame; and an adhesive layer provided at another end surface of the pellicle frame, and satisfies the following Equation (1): [A60° C.]?4.0 gf/mm2 (1). In Equation (1), [A60° C.] represents a first peel strength when the pellicle is used in a test laminated body. The test laminated body is obtained by placing the pellicle on a quartz glass substrate such that the adhesive layer is in contact with a surface of the quartz glass substrate, and maintaining a load on the pellicle under prescribed conditions. The first peel strength represents a load per unit adhesion area, which load is required for peeling the pellicle included in the test laminated body from the quartz glass substrate using a standard universal tester under prescribed conditions.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic analyzer including: an operation terminal; an analyzer having an active examination function of executing, in parallel with an initial examination, a re-examination possibly required after the initial examination on the same specimen; and a computer configured to communicate with the analyzer, in which the computer executes determination processing as to whether an analysis time is shorter when the active examination function is enabled than when the active examination function is disabled based on performance data of an examination executed in the past, and outputs determination data of the determination processing to the operation terminal or the analyzer.

Abstract: The present invention suppresses wear of a rod or a component with which the rod is in contact. An electromagnetic suction valve mechanism (electromagnetic valve mechanism) includes a suction valve (valve body), a rod engaged with the suction valve, and a magnetic attraction force generation unit that generates a magnetic attraction force for moving the rod in an axial direction. The rod is provided with a low friction portion. The low friction portion is set to a friction coefficient such that a frictional force generated between the rod and the rod contact component with which the rod is in contact is smaller than a rotational propulsive force of the rod.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, comprising a printing unit, a first conveying unit, a second conveying unit at downstream side in a conveying direction of the first conveying unit, and a control unit for executing a first control such that a leading end portion of a second print medium succeeding a first print medium overlaps a trailing end portion of the first print medium and a second control such that the first and second print mediums are separated, wherein, in the second control, conveyance of the second print medium is suppressed while the printing unit is located in a region other than the to-be-printed region.

Abstract: Grid computing processing is managed considering rate of amount of renewable energy-derived electric power in amount of electric power used for computation by computing device of vehicles, thereby contributing to utilization of renewable energy. Management server manages grid computing processing of causing computing devices mounted on a plurality of vehicles to process job data provided from client server. Controller of the management server acquires overall renewable energy rate information indicative of the rate of the amount of renewable energy-derived electric power in the amount of electric power consumption used for computation of the job data by all computing devices assigned to the job data, based on the amount of computations for a part of the job data to be processed by each of the computing devices and renewable energy rate information of each of the computing devices, and transmits the overall renewable energy rate information to the client server.

Abstract: A management device is used in a grid computing system, wherein a computational job constitutes a part of a project to be implemented by a client. The management device is configured to: store the content of the project, and a compensation rate set for the computational job of the project; acquire a computational amount of computational processing executed for the computational job by a computing device; calculate a first compensation value of a first compensation to be given to the user, according to the computational amount by the computing device; and acquire the degree of progress of the project, and when it is determined, based on the acquired degree of progress, that the project has been completed, calculate a second compensation value of a second compensation to be given to the user, according to the compensation rate.

Abstract: An all solid battery includes a solid electrolyte layer of a phosphate-based material having a NASICON structure, a positive electrode layer that includes a Co-containing phosphate-based positive electrode active material and a Co-containing phosphate-based solid electrolyte, and a negative electrode layer that includes a negative electrode active material and a solid electrolyte not containing Co.

Abstract: A management device used in a grid computing system is configured to execute compensation calculation processing of calculating a first compensation and a second compensation with respect to execution of a computational job by a computing device of a user, and stores evaluation values each set for a respective one of a plurality of computational jobs, wherein the compensation calculation processing includes: a first processing of calculating a first compensation value of the first compensation according to a computational amount of computational processing; and second processing of calculating and storing a second compensation value of the second compensation according to a relevant one of the evaluation values, wherein management device is configured to, in the first processing, calculate the first compensation value to have a larger value, as a cumulative value of the second compensation values which have been previously stored has a larger value.

Abstract: The electric motor speed control apparatus in an embodiment comprises a rotation speed estimation unit and a control unit. The rotation speed estimation unit generates an estimated value of a rotation speed of an electric motor by using a result of FFT analysis of a speed detection signal ?FBK, which is based on a detection result from a resolver for detecting the rotation speed of the electric motor, and the speed detection signal ?FBK. The control unit implements speed control so as to reduce deviation between the estimated value of the rotation speed and a speed command value for speed control of the electric motor.

Abstract: An all solid battery includes a multilayer structure in which solid electrolyte layers and internal electrodes are alternately stacked, the plurality of internal electrodes including an electrode active material and a carbon material, the multilayer structure having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the plurality of internal electrodes being alternately exposed to two different faces of the multilayer structure, a first cover layer provided on an upper face of the multilayer structure in a stacking direction, and a second cover layer provided on a lower face of the multilayer structure in the stacking direction. Each thickness of the plurality of internal electrodes is equal to or more than each thickness of the plurality of solid electrolyte layers. Vickers hardness of the plurality of solid electrolyte layers and Vickers hardness of the first and second cover layers are larger than Vickers hardness of the plurality of internal electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a lysine-specific demethylase-1 inhibitory action, and useful as a medicament such as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for schizophrenia, developmental disorders, particularly diseases having intellectual disability (e.g., autistic spectrum disorders, Rett syndrome, Down's syndrome, Kabuki syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Kleefstra syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, Noonan syndrome, tuberous sclerosis), neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, spinocerebellar degeneration (e.g., dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy) and Huntington's disease), epilepsy (e.g., Dravet syndrome) or drug dependence, and the like. A compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an exposure unit that reflects a laser beam emitted from a light source by a polygon mirror having a plurality of reflection surfaces to form a latent image on a photosensitive member, and a control unit that controls the image forming apparatus in a plurality of operation modes including a normal mode and a low speed mode having a slower process speed than the normal mode. The control unit controls the polygon mirror to use all of the plurality of reflection surfaces to reflect the laser beam when in the normal mode. When in the low speed mode, the control unit makes the process speed faster than 0.5 times that of the normal mode, rotates the polygon mirror faster than in the normal mode, and controls the polygon mirror to use only some of the plurality of reflection surfaces to reflect the laser beam.

Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body, an internal conductor, and an external electrode. The internal conductor is disposed in the element body. The external electrode is disposed on a surface of the element body and electrically connected to the internal conductor. The external electrode includes a sintered metal layer and a plating layer. The sintered metal layer is disposed on the surface of the element body. The plating layer covers the sintered metal layer. The sintered metal layer includes a thick portion and thin portions. The thick portion covers the surface of the element body. A plurality of glass particles is dispersed in the thick portion. The thin portions cover glass particles exposed on a surface of the thick portion among the plurality of glass particles and being in contact with the plating layer.

Abstract: An optical system (LS) includes lenses (L22,L23) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ?dLZ<35.0, and 0.702<?gFLZ+(0.00316×?dLZ), where ?dLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line, and ?gFLZ: a partial dispersion ratio of the lens, wherein ?gFLZ is defined by the following expression, ?gFLZ=(ngLZ?nFLZ)/(nFLZ?nCLZ). wherein a refractive index of the lens with reference to g-line is ngLZ, a refractive index of the lens with reference to F-line is nFLZ, and a refractive index of the lens with reference to C-line is nCLZ.

Abstract: A multidirectional input device includes a housing made of an insulating material; an operation lever supported by the housing in a tiltable manner; a tilt detection sensor configured to detect a tilt of the operation lever; and an electrostatic detection circuit configured to detect an electrostatic capacitance formed between an electrostatic detection electrode and a surrounding object, wherein the housing includes a dome-shaped dome portion and an opening provided at a top of the dome portion, the operation lever is inserted through the opening, and the electrostatic detection electrode has an annular portion disposed to surround the opening.

Abstract: An optical system (LS) has an aperture stop (S), and a negative lens (L73) disposed closer to the image side than the aperture stop (S) and satisfying the following conditional expressions. ?0.010<ndN2?(2.015?0.0068×?dN2), 50.00<?dN2<65.00, 0.545<?gFN2, ?0.010<?gFN2?(0.6418?0.00168×?dN2) where ndN2 is the refractive index to the d line of the negative lens, ?dN2 is the Abbe number with respect to the d line of the negative lens, and ?gFN2 is the partial dispersion ratio of the negative lens.

Abstract: In prediction processing, the controller predicts a temporal change in a calculation capability available in grid computing processing of each of a plurality of arithmetic devices. In the request processing, in a case where the calculation capability of the arithmetic device predicted to be available in the grid computing processing on the basis of a result of the prediction processing is insufficient, the controller presents, to a user who owns another arithmetic device except for the arithmetic device predicted to be available in the grid computing processing among the plurality of arithmetic devices, request information for prompting provision of the calculation capability of the another arithmetic device to the grid computing processing.