Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to heat and fix an unfixed image, which is formed on a recording material, on the recording material, a rotating member provided with a metal shaft and configured to convey the recording material that has passed through the fixing unit, a cover member made of injection-molded resin and configured to cover the shaft of the rotating member from a recording material conveyance path side so that a portion of the rotating member in contact with the recording material is exposed, the cover member including a portion that has a U-shaped cross-section when viewed from one end side of the shaft, and a sheet member configured to cover an opening of the U-shaped portion of the cover member.

Abstract: An examination information display device of the present invention includes: a storage unit that stores examination information of an object; a display unit that has a display screen on which the examination information is displayed; an extraction unit that extracts candidate examination information, which is a candidate referred to or compared with a reference examination to be diagnosed, using supplementary information of the examination information of the object stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit that displays the candidate examination information in a predetermined display region of the display screen.

Abstract: A toner container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the toner container including: a cylindrical container which accommodates a toner; a cap portion which holds the cylindrical container such that the cylindrical container can rotate in a circular direction, with an end of the cylindrical container inserted in the cap portion; and a sealing member lying between the end and an inner surface of the cap portion, wherein the toner in the cylindrical container is discharged to an inside of the cap portion through an opening provided in the end and the toner in the cap portion is discharged to an outside through a toner discharge port provided in the cap portion, as the cylindrical container rotates, and wherein the cylindrical container is provided with a seal receiving surface for fixing the sealing member, and the sealing member is fixed to the seal receiving surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for identifying an olfactory receptor included in one olfactory cell. In the present invention, amplified is the cDNA derived from the mRNA of the one olfactory cell by a PCR method using a forward primer represented by SEQ ID: 01 and a reverse primer represented by SEQ ID: 02. Subsequently, determined is whether or not a gene sequence of the amplified cDNA is identical to one gene sequence included in gene sequences coding for olfactory receptors included in the mouse olfactory receptor group A. Finally, determined is that the olfactory receptor included in the one olfactory cell is the olfactory receptor corresponding to the one gene sequence which is identical to the gene sequence of the cDNA in the previous step, if the gene sequence of the cDNA is identical to the one gene sequence in the previous step.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device with an output circuit in which a variation of a common voltage is suppressed in an idling mode and in a normal mode. The output circuit provided in the semiconductor device includes a first termination resistor and a second termination resistor and a drive circuit which flows current through the termination resistors. The output circuit is configured so as to be able to adjust the value of current which flows through the first termination resistor and the second termination resistor or the value of resistance of the first termination resistor and the second termination resistor.

Abstract: An electrostatic transformer includes: a first fixed electrode; a second fixed electrode; a movable electrode displaceably supported by a flexible member within a space between the first fixed electrode and the second fixed electrode; and permanently charged films disposed on electrode surfaces of the movable electrode. And: an AC output voltage corresponding to a change in an electric charge induced at the second fixed electrode by displacing the movable electrode in response to an AC input voltage applied between the first fixed electrode and the movable electrode is extracted; and a ratio of the AC input voltage and the AC output voltage is determined based upon a ratio of an electromechanical coupling factor at an input-side electrostatic actuator, configured with the first fixed electrode and the movable electrode, and an electromechanical coupling factor at an output-side electrostatic actuator, configured with the second fixed electrode and the movable electrode.

Abstract: An aspect of the present embodiment, there is provided a method for fabricating a pellicle, including acquiring a shape of a pellicle frame, deciding a thickness distribution of an adhesive to be coated on the pellicle frame on a basis of the acquired shape of the pellicle frame, and coating the adhesive on the pellicle frame based on the decision of the thickness distribution.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pattern formation method includes preparing a mold including a first pattern, preparing a substrate including a second pattern, coating a photosensitive resin onto the substrate, bringing the mold into contact with the photosensitive resin, determining whether or not the photosensitive resin is filled between the first pattern and the second pattern, performing an alignment of the first pattern and the second pattern according to a first reference in the case where the photosensitive resin is filled between the first pattern and the second pattern, and performing the alignment of the first pattern and the second pattern according to a second reference different from the first reference in the case where the photosensitive resin is not filled between the first pattern and the second pattern, curing the photosensitive resin, and releasing the mold from the photosensitive resin.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensionally shaped comb-tooth electret electrode, provided with positive ions, includes: forming a three-dimensional movable comb-tooth electrode and a three-dimensional fixed comb-tooth electrode from an Si substrate; contacting a vapor including ions thereto, and forming an oxide layer including ions upon surfaces of the comb-tooth electrodes with heat applied thereto; and applying a voltage between the movable electrode and the fixed electrode with heat applied thereto, and thereby causing the ions included in the oxide layer to shift to a surface of the oxide layer; wherein, the voltage between the movable electrode and the fixed electrode is changed, so that the operation of each of the comb-teeth of the movable electrode being alternatingly pulled in against two opposed comb-teeth of the fixed electrode is repeated, and the pulling in voltage and the pulled-in state release voltage are gradually increased.

Abstract: A certificate generation method executed by a computer, includes receiving specific information and configuration information of a communication device collected by an information processing apparatus, the specific information and the configuration information being transmitted from the communication device provided with the information processing apparatus having tamper resistance; determining a communication address of the communication device based on the specific information if a combination of the received specific information and the received configuration information of the communication device is equivalent to information stored beforehand in a storage unit; generating an electronic certificate including a part of or all of the specific information and the configuration information, and the determined communication address; and transmitting the electronic certificate to the communication device.

Abstract: An apparatus provides presence information indicating a state of users for devices associated with the users. The apparatus collects, from the devices, pieces of first information indicating which of a plurality of networks is accessible from each of the devices, and identifies combination of a plurality of pieces of the first information collected from a plurality of devices associated with a user by using second information indicating correspondence between the user and the plurality of devices. The apparatus generates presence information including information indicating a location of the user, based on the combination.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device with an output circuit in which a variation of a common voltage is suppressed in an idling mode and in a normal mode. The output circuit provided in the semiconductor device includes a first termination resistor and a second termination resistor and a drive circuit which flows current through the termination resistors. The output circuit is configured so as to be able to adjust the value of current which flows through the first termination resistor and the second termination resistor or the value of resistance of the first termination resistor and the second termination resistor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for identifying an olfactory receptor included in one olfactory cell. In the present invention, amplified is the cDNA derived from the mRNA of the one olfactory cell by a PCR method using a forward primer represented by SEQ ID: 01 and a reverse primer represented by SEQ ID: 02. Subsequently, determined is whether or not a gene sequence of the amplified cDNA corresponds with one gene sequence included in gene sequences coding for olfactory receptors included in the mouse olfactory receptor group A. Finally, determined is that the olfactory receptor included in the one olfactory cell is the olfactory receptor which corresponds to the one gene sequence which corresponds with the gene sequence of the cDNA in the previous step, if the gene sequence of the cDNA corresponds with the one gene sequence in the previous step.

Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product classifies a plurality of objects displayed on a display device and displays the classified plurality of objects. The method comprises: selecting one object from a plurality of objects as a selected object; and classifying the plurality of objects, where classification of each of the plurality of objects is based on a degree of association with the selected object. Classifying the plurality of objects comprises: reading a feature setting for computation of the degree of association; specifying a plurality of features that are subject to the computation of the degree of association; computing, for each of the plurality of objects, the degree of association based on a difference in feature value from the selected object with regard to the plurality of features; and dividing the plurality of objects into a plurality of groups, where each group is based on the degree of association.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a mold includes a base, a first concave pattern, a second concave pattern, and a third concave pattern. The base includes a first surface and a pedestal projecting from the first surface. The pedestal includes a first region and a second region disposed outside the first region. The first concave pattern is formed in the first region. The second concave pattern is formed in the second region. The third concave pattern extends from the first region to the second region.

Abstract: A method for producing cAMP using a chimeric olfactory receptor. The method includes a step of preparing a reaction system comprising a first layer, a lipid bilayer membrane, and a second layer, and a step of supplying a chemical substance which stimulates the chimeric olfactory receptor to the first layer so as to produce the cAMP from ATP. The lipid bilayer membrane includes the chimeric olfactory receptor and adenylate cyclase. The chimeric olfactory receptor penetrates the lipid bilayer membrane. The second layer contains ATP and a G protein. The G protein is placed in the vicinity of one end of the chimeric olfactory receptor. The chimeric olfactory receptor is derived from a mouse olfactory receptor and the N-terminal of the chimeric olfactory receptor is modified with an amino acid sequence.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for identifying an olfactory receptor included in one olfactory cell. In the present invention, amplified is the cDNA derived from the mRNA of the one olfactory cell by a PCR method using a forward primer represented by SEQ ID: 01 and a reverse primer represented by SEQ ID: 02. Subsequently, determined is whether or not a gene sequence of the amplified cDNA is identical to one gene sequence included in gene sequences coding for olfactory receptors included in the mouse olfactory receptor group A. Finally, determined is that, if the gene sequence of the cDNA is identical to the one gene sequence in the previous step, the olfactory receptor included in the one olfactory cell is the olfactory receptor corresponding to the one gene sequence which is identical to the gene sequence of the cDNA in the previous step.

Abstract: A biaxially drawn, blow-molded bottle and its preform comprise at least a layer of a gas barrier material laminated inside the PET resin layers, a functional portion having a screw thread raised spirally in the upper portion of neck and also having a stop ring disposed under the screw thread, and a neck ring disposed at the lower end of the neck. In these preform and bottle, the leading edge of the gas barrier layer is positioned at a half height of the neck ring where the most advanced front of the leading edge neither reaches a half height of the stop ring nor extends to the functional portion. It is intended here that the neck would not be affected by the shrinking deformation caused by the existence of the gas barrier layer in the functional portion of the neck, which is treated for thermal crystallization.

Abstract: An interlock device of a draw-out type circuit breaker, provided with a tripping button that is linked to a tripping mechanism of the draw-out type circuit breaker and an interlock rod that is placed so as to be movable up and down, and constructed so that the tripping button mechanically prevents an operation to raise the interlock rod unless the tripping button is operated to place the draw-out type circuit breaker in the open state, so a power distribution board floor surface or a member fixed on the power distribution board floor surface and the interlock rod interfere with each other, thereby the draw-out type circuit breaker is fixed at a prescribed position in a power distribution board.