Abstract: An endless belt includes a layer containing a resin and electrically conductive particles. In the endless belt, a discharge starting voltage at which discharge starts when a voltage is applied to the layer and increased is 0.9 kV or more.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser apparatus includes: a semiconductor laser device for junction down mounting that includes a first light-emitting device region and a second light-emitting device region formed separately on a substrate. The first light-emitting device region and the second light-emitting device region in the semiconductor laser device each have a stack structure in which an n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer are stacked in stated order. The first light-emitting device region includes a first electrode film located on the n-type semiconductor layer. The second light-emitting device region includes a second electrode film located on the p-type semiconductor layer. The first electrode film and the second electrode film are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member consisting of an endless belt which consists of a layer containing a resin including at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyimide resin, a polyamide-imide resin, an aromatic polyether ether ketone resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a polyetherimide resin, conductive carbon particles, a silicone oil containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of dimethylpolysiloxane and organic group-substituted dimethylpolysiloxane or has the layer as an outermost layer, and in which an integral value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by the following Equation (1) is 0 or more and 0.1 or less at an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles existing in a 6.3 ?m×4.

Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member consisting of an endless belt which consists of a layer containing a resin including at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyimide resin, a polyamide-imide resin, an aromatic polyether ether ketone resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a polyetherimide resin, conductive carbon particles, a silicone oil containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of dimethylpolysiloxane and organic group-substituted dimethylpolysiloxane or has the layer as an outermost layer, and in which an integral value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by the following Equation (1) is 0 or more and 0.1 or less at an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 0.30 ?m or less in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles existing in a 6.3 ?m×4.

Abstract: A film contains a siloxane compound having an alkyl group and a resin having a density of 1.1 g/cm3 or higher and a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher.

Abstract: The plasma processing apparatus has a plasma processing chamber where plasma processing of the sample is performed, and plasma power supply that supplies radio frequency electric power for generating plasma. The radio frequency electric power is time modulated by a pulse wave having a first period and a second period that are repeated periodically. The pulse wave of the first period has first amplitude and the pulse wave of the second period has second amplitude which is a limited value smaller than the first amplitude. The extinction of the plasma, which is generated during the first period having the first amplitude, is maintained during the second period having the second amplitude with a predetermined dissociation.

Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt that has a surface to which a toner image is to be transferred and solid lubricant particles are attached, a primary transfer device that has a primary transfer member performing primary transfer of a toner image formed on a surface of an image holder to the surface of the intermediate transfer belt, a secondary transfer device that has a secondary transfer member which is arranged in contact with the surface of the intermediate transfer belt and performs secondary transfer of the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer belt to a surface of a recording medium, and a detection device that detects a density of the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer belt and has a light irradiation unit irradiating the surface of the intermediate transfer belt with light and a light receiving unit receiving reflected light generated in a case where the light radiated from the light irradiation unit is reflected f

Abstract: An intermediate transfer belt has metal oxide particles as a solid lubricant on a surface of the intermediate transfer belt, in which an average spacing between the metal oxide particles on the surface is 1,000 nm or less, and an average height of the metal oxide particles from the surface is 15 nm or more and 320 nm or less.

Abstract: Tire 1 is a tire that includes a marking portion 20 disposed on a tire outer surface 1ds of a tire side portion 1d and a communication device 10, wherein the marking portion has one or more markings 21, each of the one or more markings 21 forms a letter, a symbol, or a graphic and is formed into a convex shape, and at least a part of the communication device is embedded within at least one of the one or more markings 21.

Abstract: An endless belt contains: a resin; electrically conductive carbon particles; and a surfactant. When polyester resin particles having a volume average particle diameter of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt and then air is blown onto the outer circumferential surface from an upper side of the outer circumferential surface while the blowing pressure of the air is increased, all the polyester resin particles adhering to the outer circumferential surface are separated from the outer circumferential surface before or when the blowing pressure reaches 6 kPa.

Abstract: There are provided core part manufacturing method and apparatus for manufacturing a core part of a rotary electric machine. The core part manufacturing method includes: injecting a molten resin from a side on one end surface of an iron core body into a plurality of space portions provided in the iron core body in a state where the iron core body is sandwiched and pressed. In injecting of the resin, a contact surface on an opposite side to a side where the resin is injected includes: a relief portion that is recessed without contacting to the one end surface; and a remaining portion that is adjacent to a non-contact region. The remaining portion is disposed in the contact surface on an outer peripheral side from the non-contact region, and the relief portion is disposed further in the contact surface on an outer peripheral side from the remaining portion.

Abstract: An analysis threshold generation device includes a threshold calculation unit for generating a pair of thresholds for a pulse width of a pulse included in a light reception level signal or a pair of thresholds for a pulse amplitude of the pulse. The analysis threshold generation device includes a threshold correction unit for generating a pair of thresholds used for analysis in accordance with the pair of thresholds generated by the threshold calculation unit and a count value output from a pulse count unit. The threshold calculation unit repeatedly generates a new pair of thresholds in which at least one of the pair of thresholds is changed every time the pulse count unit counts the pulse until reaching a predetermined value.

Abstract: A puncture forming method is a method of forming punctures in a sample by irradiating a surface of the sample with a light beam. The puncture forming method includes: forming a first puncture by irradiating a first position on the surface of the sample with a first pulse of the light beam; and after the forming of the first puncture, forming a second puncture which at least partially overlaps the first puncture by irradiating, with a second pulse of the light beam, a second position on the surface of the sample positioned away from the first position in a first direction. The second puncture has a tip which is positioned inside the sample and which is bent in a direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A pancreatic cancer detection method is provided, including: (a) bringing extracellular vesicles, which are in a body fluid sample derived from a subject into contact with one or more kinds of lectins; (b) measuring an amount of the extracellular vesicles bound to the one or more kinds of lectins after (a); and (c) evaluating the presence of pancreatic cancer in the subject based on the amount of the extracellular vesicles measured in (b). In addition, a pancreatic cancer detection kit is provided, including: a solid-phase carrier on which one or more kinds of lectins are immobilized; and an antibody specifically binding to a pan-extracellular vesicle membrane protein or an antigen-binding fragment thereof.

Abstract: A controller divides a reaction region into a plurality of unit sections. The controller generates first array data of a measured aggregate value of unit sections in which no nanoparticles exist, a measured aggregation value of unit sections in which a single nanoparticle exists, and measured aggregation values of unit sections in which 2 to n close nanoparticles exist. The controller generates second array data, based on a probability distribution according to a probability theory, in which the second array data most closely approximates the first array data. The controller generates a count value of the nanoparticles in the reaction region, based on the theoretical aggregation value of unit sections in which the single nanoparticle exists and the theoretical aggregation values of unit sections in which the 2 to n close nanoparticles exist.

Abstract: A method for forming a conjugate of a substance of interest and a magnetic particle to which a specific binding substance that has an ability to specifically bind to the substance of interest has been bound, the method including (A1) reacting the substance of interest and the magnetic particles in a reaction solution, in which (A1) includes increasing momentum of the magnetic particles in the reaction solution by changing the magnetic field that is exerted on the magnetic particles.

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to determine, by using metrics related to a first value and a second value, first remainders of divisions of a cell identifier respectively by the first value and the second value, determine a second remainder of a division of the cell identifier by the least common multiple of the first value and second value, by using the first remainders, determine a third remainder of a division of the cell identifier by the least common multiple of the first value, the second value, and a third value, by using the second remainder and a metric related to the third value, and determine a cell identifier that satisfies the third remainder.

Abstract: An analysis device includes a controller configured to count a pulse derived from a particles as a plural particles when a light reception level signal includes the pulse having a first extreme value point, a second extreme value point, and a third extreme value point, and the pulse fulfils a condition in which the third extreme value point is present between the first extreme value point and the second extreme value point in a pulse width direction of the pulse, the third extreme value point is present between the first extreme value point and a threshold in a pulse amplitude direction, the first extreme value point and the second extreme value point are each an extreme value point of a waveform projecting in a common direction, and the third extreme value point is an extreme value point of a waveform in a direction opposite to the common direction.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a condition of cells including: (A) measuring first exosomes having a first exosome membrane protein and second exosomes having a second exosome membrane protein in a culture supernatant of the cells; (B) calculating the ratio of the second exosomes to the first exosomes; and (C) determining the condition of the cells using the ratio as an index.

Abstract: A resin molded member for a vehicle lamp includes a first resin molded part, a second resin molded part, a bent resin molded part bent and molded to have a groove section between the first resin molded part and the second resin molded part, and a rib wall that is disposed inside the groove section and that is configured to connect between a first inclined wall and a second inclined wall which form the groove section of the bent resin molded part, wherein the rib wall is formed at a position overlapping with a gate mark which is formed on at least one of the first inclined wall and the second inclined wall through injection molding.