Abstract: An image reading device includes a document placing table, and a cover. The cover is rotatably attached to the document placing table, and includes a receptacle for a portable terminal with a camera, the receptacle being configured to hold the portable terminal so that the camera faces the document placing table.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antibody which binds to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), an antibody fragment thereof, a hybridoma which produces the antibody or the antibody fragment, a nucleic acid containing a nucleotide sequence which encodes the antibody or the antibody fragment, a transformant cell containing a vector containing the nucleic acid, a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment, a composition containing the antibody or the antibody fragment and a method for detecting or measuring an antigen that is present in the brain, a method for diagnosing or treating a brain disease, a method for improving the property of an antibody of accumulating in the brain and a method for increasing the amount of an antibody in the brain which use the antibody or the antibody fragment.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an analysis apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a processor. The acquisition unit acquires first information with a first time length between a first time and a second time. The first information is based on motion of an object person. The processor extracts multiple similarity points from the first information. The multiple similarity points are similar to each other in the first information. The processor calculates a time interval between the similarity points.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and a control method of an image forming apparatus having high convenience are provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image transfer system and a processor. The image transfer system is configured to be switchable between a first position, where printing is performed in a first mode, and a second position, where printing is performed in a second mode. The processor, when executing a print job by switching a position of the image transfer system to a position set in advance as a home position at a waiting time for printing, switches the position of the image transfer system to a position corresponding to the print job and sets the home position based on a result of comparison between a print history in a first mode and a print history in a second mode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an analysis apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a processor. The acquisition unit acquires first information with a first time length between a first time and a second time. The first information is based on motion of an object person. The processor extracts multiple similarity points from the first information. The multiple similarity points are similar to each other in the first information. The processor calculates a time interval between the similarity points.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a document placing table, and a cover. The cover is rotatably attached to the document placing table, and includes a receptacle for a portable terminal with a camera, the receptacle being configured to hold the portable terminal so that the camera faces the document placing table.

Abstract: Provided is a curcumin pharmaceutical preparation that is highly water soluble, can maintain the concentration of free curcumin in the blood sufficiently high by being administered parenterally, can effectively obtain a pharmacological action of curcumin, and is highly safe. A pharmaceutical composition for parenteral administration, including a water-soluble substance conjugate of curcumin as an active component.

Abstract: A method distributes and manages medical information on a communication network over a wide area. Encrypted medical information is acquired from one of a plurality of first computers by a second computer connected to the communication network, the plurality of first computers being connected to the communication network, holding identical medical information, encrypting medical information, and sending and receiving encrypted medical information. The second computer decrypts the acquired encrypted medical information, browses and updates decrypted medical information, and then encrypts the browsed and updated medical information. The second computer then sends the encrypted browsed and updated medical information to the plurality of first computers.

Abstract: A developing device includes a housing having an opening in a wall thereof, a developing roller rotatably arranged within the housing, and a magnetic pole structure, wherein the developing roller is configured to carry a developer on an outer surface thereof using the magnetic force of the magnetic pole structure. The developing device further includes a gap forming member located within, and spaced from, the housing at a location downstream, in the rotation direction of the developing roller, of the opening in the wall of the housing, forming a first gap with respect to the developing roller and forming a second gap with respect to the housing, a blocking member arranged in the first gap, and a guide section configured to guide airflow passing through the second gap in a general direction toward the developing roller.

Abstract: A developing method in a developer device having a developing roller configured to rotate within a housing, the developing roller having a first portion that is exposed through an opening of the housing, a second portion at which developer attached to the developing roller separates from the developing roller and a third portion between the first and second portions, and an elastic sheet in contact with the developing roller between the second and third portions of the developing roller, the method includes guiding airflow along a first airflow passage, which is formed in the housing and partially facing the second portion of the developing roller, and guiding airflow along a second airflow passage facing the third portion of the developing roller and adjacent to the first airflow passage.

Abstract: A developing device includes a housing having an opening in a wall thereof, a hollow developing roller, a magnetic pole structure disposed within the developing roller and at least a portion thereof facing the opening in the housing, a gap forming member located within the housing at a location downstream the opening in the housing and forming a first gap with the developing roller and forming a second gap with the housing, and a blocking member arranged in the first gap. The housing and the gap forming member form a first opening and a second opening spaced from the first opening across the second gap between the gap forming member and the housing, such that the first opening is farther from the opening in the wall of the housing than the second opening, and the width of the first opening is larger than that of the second opening.

Abstract: A developing device includes a housing having an opening in a wall thereof, a developing roller rotatably arranged within the housing, and a magnetic pole structure, wherein the developing roller is configured to carry a developer on an outer surface thereof using the magnetic force of the magnetic pole structure. The developing device further includes a gap forming member located within, and spaced from, the housing at a location downstream, in the rotation direction of the developing roller, of the opening in the wall of the housing, forming a first gap with respect to the developing roller and forming a second gap with respect to the housing, a blocking member arranged in the first gap, and a guide section configured to guide airflow passing through the second gap in a general direction toward the developing roller.

Abstract: In a power converter, a semiconductor module incorporates therein a semiconductor element constituting a power converter circuit. A smoothing capacitor is configured to smooth a direct-current voltage applied to the semiconductor module. A pair of positive and negative busbars is configured to electrically connect the semiconductor module and the smoothing capacitor. The positive and negative busbars are arranged to face each other with a predetermined space therebetween. A discharge resistor is connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitor via the positive and negative busbars, and is configured such that an electrical charge stored in the smoothing capacitor flows through the discharge resistor as a discharge current. The positive and negative busbars are interposed between the discharge resistor and the smoothing capacitor.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including obtaining a type of updated data, included in pieces of data, to be updated in a database, the database storing the pieces of data corresponding to a plural kinds of types of data distributively in a plurality of storage devices, determining a specified storage device, from among the plurality of storage devices, to store the updated data based on management information that indicates an amount of data for each of the plural kinds of types and for each of the plurality of storage devices, storing the updated data into the specified storage device, and updating the management information upon the storing the updated data.

Abstract: It is intended to provide highly stable variants of human antibody IgG2 and IgG3 subclasses. The present invention provides an IgG heavy chain comprising the constant region of a human IgG2 heavy chain having at least a substitution of Y for F at the 300th position, L for V at the 309th position, or A for T at the 339th position designated by the EU index of Kabat et al. and an IgG heavy chain comprising the constant region of a human IgG3 heavy chain having at least a substitution of K for N at the 392nd position or V for M at the 397th position designated by the EU index of Kabat et al. The present invention also provides monoclonal antibodies comprising these heavy chains.

Abstract: A method using a computer includes receiving a plurality of request signals each of which requests opening an account, transmitting, to a first financial system, a first request signal of the plurality of request signals which requests opening a first account in the first financial system, transmitting, to at least one of the first financial system and a second financial system, a second request signal of the plurality of request signals which requests opening a second account in at least one of the first financial system and the second financial system, associating first information indicating the first account with second information indicating the second account, and outputting third information obtained by associating the first information with the second information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a housing, a developing roller, and a photosensitive drum. The developing roller includes an image area and a pair of non-image areas. The image area extends along an axial direction the developing roller. The non-image areas are provided on both sides in the axial direction with respect to the image area. The image forming apparatus further includes a regulating member. The regulating member covers a gap in positions which are aligned over the non-image area. The regulating member regulates air flow toward sides of the image area in the axial direction.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a housing, a developing roller, and a photosensitive drum. The developing roller includes an image area and a pair of non-image areas. The image area extends along an axial direction the developing roller. The non-image areas are provided on both sides in the axial direction with respect to the image area. The image forming apparatus further includes a regulating member. The regulating member covers a gap in positions which are aligned over the non-image area. The regulating member regulates air flow toward sides of the image area in the axial direction.

Abstract: A developing method in a developer device having a developing roller configured to rotate within a housing, the developing roller having a first portion that is exposed through an opening of the housing, a second portion at which developer attached to the developing roller separates from the developing roller and a third portion between the first and second portions, and an elastic sheet in contact with the developing roller between the second and third portions of the developing roller, the method includes guiding airflow along a first airflow passage, which is formed in the housing and partially facing the second portion of the developing roller, and guiding airflow along a second airflow passage facing the third portion of the developing roller and adjacent to the first airflow passage.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a housing, a developing roller, and a photosensitive drum. The developing roller includes an image area and a pair of non-image areas. The image area extends along an axial direction the developing roller. The non-image areas are provided on both sides in the axial direction with respect to the image area. The image forming apparatus further includes a regulating member. The regulating member covers a gap in positions which are aligned over the non-image area. The regulating member regulates air flow toward sides of the image area in the axial direction.