Abstract: An inorganic compound particle supply member includes inorganic compound particles, and the Young’s modulus of the inorganic compound particle supply member is lower than the Young’s modulus of a supply object to be supplied with the inorganic compound particles.

Abstract: There are provided a fluorescent compound of the following formula or a salt thereof and a labeled biological substance. Y represents —NR10R11 or —OR12, and R1 to R12, R21 to R23, and Z represent specific groups and satisfy the following regulations. At least one of R21 or R22 is an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group. In a case of R21=an aryl group and R22=an alkyl group or an aryl group, at least R7 and R8, or R10 and R11 are bonded to each other to form a 4-membered ring. A compound of Formula (I) or (II) or a salt thereof satisfies condition ?, and a compound of Formula (III) or (IV) or a salt thereof satisfies condition ?. (Condition ?) In a case where Z is an aryl group, the aryl group has a specific structure. (Condition ?) At least R7 and R8, or R10 and R11 are bonded to each other to form a 4-membered ring.

Abstract: An induction heating device is provided. The induction heating device comprises a plurality of induction heating devices disposed at intervals along the circumference of a ring-shaped workpiece, a setting unit for setting induction heating conditions, and a switching control unit. Each of the plurality of induction heating devices comprises heating coils disposed facing areas to be heated of the workpiece, a plurality of transformers connected to the heating coils in parallel, a plurality of matching units connected to any one of the plurality of transformers, an inverter unit having a rectifier unit and an inverter unit, an inverter control unit having a rectification control unit, and a group of switches.

Abstract: A support structure for supporting a flat inverter located between seats aligned along the vehicle width direction is provided. A bracket supports the inverter in a horizontal position above a floor tunnel of a floor between the seats in a passenger compartment such that it is spaced apart from the floor tunnel. The bracket has a pair of rear leg portions aligned along the vehicle width direction. Middle parts of the pair of rear leg portions are formed so as to be easily bent outward or inward in the vehicle width direction. When a load is applied to the bracket due to movement of the seats during a side impact on the vehicle, the pair of rear leg portions bend, and the horizontal position of the inverter is disrupted.

Abstract: Provided are a dual-frequency power-supply apparatus, a high-frequency heating apparatus, and a high-frequency quenching apparatus having a high durability. A dual-frequency power-supply apparatus 1 includes a power supply 10 that alternately outputs a low-frequency current and a high-frequency current. The power supply 10 has an inverter 30 that converts a direct current into the low-frequency current and the high-frequency current and a controller 40 that controls the inverter 30. The controller 40 repeats, in this order, a first output period T11 in which the low-frequency current is output, a first intermission T12 in which output is stopped, a second output period T13 in which the high-frequency current is output, and a second intermission T14 in which output is stopped.

Abstract: A phosphor wheel includes a substrate that has a disk shape, and includes a first main surface, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and an opening, a phosphor layer that has a curved shape and is provided along a circumferential direction of the substrate on the first main surface, the phosphor layer being provided side by side with the opening in the circumferential direction in plan view, a heat dissipation fin that is provided on the second main surface, and a projection that is provided on the second main surface, and is different from the heat dissipation fin. The heat dissipation fin and the projection are disposed integrally with the substrate.

Abstract: A cartridge is mountable to a first mount portion of a printing apparatus in a predetermined orientation, and includes: a supply port configured to supply a liquid inside the cartridge to the printing apparatus; and a cover configured to cover an outer periphery of the supply port and having a concave portion at a position along the outer periphery. The concave portion is fitted to a first convex portion of the first mount portion in a case where the cartridge is mounted to the first mount portion in the predetermined orientation, and is fittable to a second convex portion of a second mount portion provided at a position different from the first convex portion in a case where the cover is turned by a predetermined angle from the predetermined orientation about the supply port. The cartridge is not mounted to the second mount portion in the predetermined orientation.

Abstract: A reagent container is disclosed that is installed in an analyzer for use and stores a reagent supplied to the analyzer via an aspiration tube. The reagent container includes a container body. The container body includes a tubular member with an opening into which the aspiration tube is inserted from above, and a bag-shaped member joined to the tubular member and storing the reagent. The container body comprises a penetration prevention member that prevents a tip of the aspiration tube 90 inserted through the opening from penetrating the container body.

Abstract: A reagent container that stores a reagent that is aspirated by an aspiration tube installed in an analyzer according to one or more embodiments may include a bag-shaped reagent storage that stores the reagent; and a frame comprising an opening attached to the bag-shaped reagent storage. In one or more embodiments, an interior of the bag-shaped reagent storage may be sealed by inserting the aspiration tube into the opening from above in conjunction with a predetermined operation to the analyzer.

Abstract: An endless belt includes a resin, and particles having an average primary particle diameter of 8 nm or more and 20 nm or less. In a volume frequency distribution of the particles determined by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement, the ratio (area B/area A) of graph area B of a particle diameter region of over 35 nm to graph area A of a particle diameter region of 35 nm or less is 0.3 or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a measurement apparatus for analyzing a cell contained in a specimen, comprising: a chamber for preparing a measurement sample in which the cell is stained with first and second fluorescent dyes contained in a reagent supplied from at least one reagent container; a liquid feeding section for feeding the reagent from the reagent container to the chamber via a liquid feeding tube provided between the reagent container and the chamber; and a detection section that acquires first and second signals each corresponding to fluorescence of a first wavelength and fluorescence of a second wavelength emitted from the cell stained with the first and second fluorescent dyes in response to irradiation of the measurement sample flowing in a flow cell with light; and an analysis section that analyzes the cell on the basis of the first and second signals.

Abstract: A medical image display system displays a medical image including: a first display area for displaying a processed image in which at least one annotation indicating a result of detection of at least one anatomical structure shown in a captured image of a subject is superimposed on the captured image; and a second display area for displaying at least one structure label for identifying the at least one anatomical structure. The medical image display system includes: a display that displays the medical image; and a controller that changes, in response to an input received for one of (i) the at least one annotation and (ii) the at least one structure label from a user, a display form of the other of (i) the at least one annotation and (ii) the at least one structure label.

Abstract: A replacement support apparatus is provided for supporting replacement of a plurality of electronic apparatuses each including a plurality of device components. The replacement support apparatus is provided with: a communication circuit, a storage, a processing circuit, and an output device. The communication circuit receives, from a plurality of existing electronic apparatuses, operation information indicating operation conditions of the device components during operation of the existing electronic apparatuses. The storage stores specifications information indicating specifications of new electronic apparatuses as replacement candidates.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes a single-layer body including a resin layer or a multilayer body including the resin layer serving as a top surface layer. The surface of the resin layer has an arithmetic average surface height Sa of 0.005 ?m or more and 0.020 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has a maximum height Sz of 0.050 ?m or more and 0.200 ?m or less. The surface of the resin layer has recesses having a depth of 0.050 ?m or more, the recesses being arranged at a regular interval, and the interval of the recesses is 0.20 ?m or more and 0.80 ?m or less.

Abstract: An abnormality detection system is a system that detects, based on a medical image, whether a prespecified anatomical structure included in the medical image is abnormal, and includes: an obtainer that obtains block information indicating one or more blocks that are each a region in which pixels representing the anatomical structure are connected in the medical image; and a determiner that determines and outputs whether the anatomical structure is abnormal, based on the number of blocks indicated by the block information obtained by the obtainer, wherein the determiner determines that the anatomical structure is not abnormal when the number of blocks indicated by the block information is 1, and determines that the anatomical structure is abnormal when the number of blocks indicated by the block information is 2 or more and the two or more blocks indicated by the block information satisfy a predetermined condition.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt includes, on an outer peripheral surface, a coating body of a solid lubricant selected from an organic layered compound or an organic-inorganic composite layered compound.

Abstract: An endless belt contains a resin and a surface modifier. The endless belt has, at an outer circumferential surface thereof, a sea-island structure including a sea portion containing the resin and island portions containing the surface modifier. The area of the island portions is equal to or less than 5% of the total area of the outer circumferential surface.

Abstract: An induction heating device is provided. The induction heating device comprises a plurality of induction heating devices disposed at intervals along the circumference of a ring-shaped workpiece, a setting unit for setting induction heating conditions, and a switching control unit. Each of the plurality of induction heating devices comprises heating coils disposed facing areas to be heated of the workpiece, a plurality of transformers connected to the heating coils in parallel, a plurality of matching units connected to any one of the plurality of transformers, an inverter unit having a rectifier unit and an inverter unit, an inverter control unit having a rectification control unit, and a group of switches.

Abstract: An inflatable structure includes an inflatable membrane with an outer surface, and a skin with a textured space-filling Turing pattern disposed on the outer surface of the inflatable membrane. A variable stiffness filament is coupled to the inflatable structure and the variable stiffness filament has a first stiffness at a first temperature and a second stiffness different than the first stiffness at a second temperature different than the first temperature. An electrical energy source is included and in electrical communication with the variable stiffness filament, and the electrical energy source is configured to apply Joule heating to and increase a temperature of the variable stiffness filament from the first temperature to the second temperature such variable stiffness actively controls a stiffness of the inflatable structure.

Abstract: A production method for a composite material, which includes a porous substrate and a silicon carbide film formed on a surface of a material forming the porous substrate, includes causing a silicon source containing a silicon atom, a chlorine source containing a chlorine atom, and a carbon source containing a carbon atom to react with each other to form the silicon carbide film on the surface of the material forming the porous substrate.