Abstract: A fixing apparatus is used that has: a first rotation member; an elongated heater disposed in an internal space of the first rotation member, and having a heat generating member and a substrate on which the heat generating member is provided; a temperature sensing unit that detects a temperature of the heater; a heater holder that holds the heater; a second rotation member that forms a nip portion with the heater, across the first rotation member; a reservoir unit that stores grease that is supplied between the first rotation member and the heater; and an elastic member that encloses the temperature sensing unit, such that a toner image formed on a recording material is heated and fixed at the nip portion.

Abstract: A detection device detecting collapse of PM collected in a filter provided in an exhaust system flow path of an internal combustion engine includes: a differential pressure sensor configured to acquire a differential pressure between an exhaust inlet side and an exhaust outlet side of the filter; a water generation determination unit configured to determine whether water is generated in the exhaust system flow path; and a PM collapse determination unit configured to determine that at least a part of the PM collected in the filter has collapsed when a PM accumulation amount estimated based on the acquired differential pressure has increased by a predetermined amount or more within a predetermined period in a state where the PM accumulation amount estimated based on the acquired differential pressure is equal to or larger than a predetermined first threshold and the water generation determination unit has determined that water is generated.

Abstract: A regulator and a DC/DC converter are provided in which a soft start is carried out even when an output is short-circuited by abnormality. Regulator includes soft start circuit that gradually starts up a reference voltage that is input into error amplifier from 0 V to the reference voltage and soft start reset circuit that monitors an input of error amplifier and performs soft start of soft start circuit again when an output of output terminal Vo is short-circuited. Soft start reset circuit includes comparator that is disposed in parallel with an input of error amplifier, offset voltage that gives an offset to the input of comparator, and NPN transistor that is turned on or off in accordance with a result of comparison of comparator and discharges capacitor C by being turned on when the output is short-circuited.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. The first substrate includes first and second electrodes separated by an insulation interlayer provided for each pixel. The second electrode has a plurality of slits. An alignment of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is controlled by operation of first and second transistors to control an electric field between the first and second electrodes. The first transistor includes a drain electrode coupled to the first electrode, and the second transistor includes a drain electrode coupled to the second electrode. The second transistor is switched in synchronization with the first transistor.

Abstract: A regulator and a DC/DC converter are provided in which a soft start is carried out even when an output is short-circuited by abnormality. Regulator includes soft start circuit that gradually starts up a reference voltage that is input into error amplifier from 0 V to the reference voltage and soft start reset circuit that monitors an input of error amplifier and performs soft start of soft start circuit again when an output of output terminal Vo is short-circuited. Soft start reset circuit includes comparator that is disposed in parallel with an input of error amplifier, offset voltage that gives an offset to the input of comparator, and NPN transistor that is turned on or off in accordance with a result of comparison of comparator and discharges capacitor C by being turned on when the output is short-circuited.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. The first substrate includes first and second electrodes separated by an insulation interlayer provided for each pixel. The second electrode has a plurality of slits. An alignment of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is controlled by operation of first and second transistors to control an electric field between the first and second electrodes. The first transistor includes a drain electrode coupled to the first electrode, and the second transistor includes a drain electrode coupled to the second electrode. The second transistor is switched in synchronization with the first transistor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate which is disposed to be opposed to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer which is held between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode which is disposed to be opposed to the first electrode via an insulating layer. The first electrode includes pixel electrode portions and first slits which are provided between the pixel electrode portions and define the pixel electrode portions, and the second electrode includes counter-electrode portions which are disposed to be opposed to the first slits, and second slits which are provided to be opposed to the pixel electrode portions.

Abstract: Acridinium compounds and their conjugates exhibiting high chemiluminescence yield are provided. Such compounds may be used to enable a highly sensitive specific binding assay. The acridinium compounds are represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A is a linker; Z is a binding group; Y is a counter ion; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently a substituent; p and m are independently an integer of from 0 to 4; n is an integer of from 2 to 5; and X is an organic intervening moiety with a functionality of at least n, having an aryloxy group or an arylsulfonamide group through which X binds to carbonyl carbon bonded to 9-position of the acridinium ring.

Abstract: A method for the measurement of adenyl group-containing substances which comprises deriving a chemiluminescent substance by allowing a compound to react with adenyl group in a substance to be measured, and qualitatively or quantitatively measuring the substance to be measured using a luminescent intensity obtained from the chemiluminescent substance as a marker.

Abstract: The invention provides an assay by which detection and/or quantitation of adenyl group-containing substances can be performed simply, with high sensitivity and high signal-to-noise ratio. In particular, the method provides an assay in which the chemiluminescence of a chemiluminescent substance, made by reacting a glyoxal derivative with an adenyl group in the substance to be detected/quantitated in the presence of a heteropolyacid or a heteropolyacid salt, is measured.

Abstract: Acridinium compounds represented by the general formula (I) where A is an intervening group which does not have activity for binding with a specific binding substance, Z is a labelling active group which has activity for binding with a specific binding substance, R.sup.1 is a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, a nitro group, a halogen atom or a carbonyl group, and Y is a counter ion. The acridinium compounds may form conjugates with specific binding substances. The acridinium compounds have high emission efficiency and stability and, hence, are useful as chemiluminescence labelling agents.

Abstract: Acridinium compounds represented by the general formula (I) where A is an intervening group which does not have activity for binding with a specific binding substance, Z is a labelling active group which has activity for binding with a specific binding substance, R.sup.1 is a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, a nitro group, a halogen atom or a carbonyl group, and Y is a counter ion. The acridinium compounds may form conjugates with specific binding substances. The acridinium compounds have high emission efficiency and stability and, hence, are useful as chemiluminescence labelling agents.