Abstract: A sheet feeder includes a sheet placement unit to place a sheet, and an indicator indicating a predetermined position at which the sheet is to be set on the sheet placement unit. The indicator is movable between a first position at which the indicator is adjacent to or in contact with the sheet on the sheet placement unit and a second position farther than the first position from the sheet placement unit.

Abstract: A roll sheet with a continuous sheet wound in a roll form is rotated in a forward direction to supply the sheet to a printing unit. A sensor whose output is changed in accordance with a distance between the sensor and the sheet is used. A rotation direction of the roll sheet is switched from an opposite direction to the forward direction on the basis of the output of the sensor during rotation of the roll sheet in the opposite direction.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a magnetic disk is provided with a first area including a plurality of blocks and a second area designated as a write destination by a host. The first memory is a volatile memory that receives write data received from the host. A controller estimates a degree of influence of ATI for each of the plurality of blocks, and sets a first block in which the degree of influence of ATI reaches the first threshold value and two blocks adjacent thereto to be unwritable. The controller selects one of one or more blocks which are not set to be unwritable and have free space among the plurality of blocks, and stores a copy of write data in the first memory in the selected one block at least for a period until the write data is written to the second area.

Abstract: To provide a light treatment device that solves a problem caused by deflection of a housing. The light treatment device includes: a light source that irradiates a treatment object conveyed along a conveyance path with ultraviolet light; a housing having the light source therein and having an opening through which the treatment object is carried in or out; and a heat deflection reducer that reduces heat deflection of the housing surrounding the opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for generating a droplet recipe used in imprint lithography includes acquiring feature data for a pattern shape that has been formed on a template. The feature data is acquired by measuring the pattern shape of a pattern that has been formed on the template. A dispensing amount for resin to be dispensed on a substrate for filling of the pattern of the template during imprinting of the pattern of the template on the substrate is calculated, based on the acquired feature data. A dispensing amount for resin corresponding to a target thickness of a residual film formed on the substrate during the imprinting of the pattern of the template on the substrate is also calculated. A droplet recipe for dispensing of resin during imprinting of the pattern of the template is then generated based on the calculated dispensing amounts.

Abstract: A roll sheet, in which a continuous sheet is wound in a roll form, is caused to rotate in a forward direction to supply the sheet to a printing unit. First and second sensors are arranged at positions facing an outer circumferential surface of the roll sheet and deviated in an axis line direction of the roll sheet. Outputs of the first and second sensors are changed in accordance with a distance to a sheet of the roll sheet. A rotation direction of the roll sheet is switched from a forward direction to a reverse direction on the basis of the outputs of the first and second sensors while the roll sheet is being rotated in the reverse direction.

Abstract: An air conditioning device includes an air conditioning case defining an air passage through which air flows to an air-conditioning target space, and an air cooler arranged inside the air conditioning case to cool air by absorbing heat from air. The air conditioning device further includes a blower fan arranged inside the air conditioning case on a downstream side of an air flow of the air cooler to generate an air flow passing through the air cooler, and a resonator provided outside the air passage. The resonator includes a cavity portion having a predetermined volume and a communication portion that allows communication between the cavity portion and the air passage. The cavity portion is provided with a partition member that divides an internal space of the cavity portion into multiple closed spaces, and each of the multiple closed spaces communicates with the air passage via the communication portion.

Abstract: An electrophotographic printing system includes circuitry configured to: select, in accordance with an operation to an input device, a mask pattern made up of first toner representing black by a combination of a plurality of color toners, the mask pattern being overlaid on an image area of a target image to be concealed within image data; and generate, based on the image data, print data for overlaying and printing the selected mask pattern on the image area.

Abstract: A control device includes a communication unit, an acquisition unit, and a calculation unit. The communication unit performs communication with an I/O connection device where an I/O device is connected and an information processing device, via a network. The acquisition unit acquires device information related to the I/O device from at least one of a first storage unit included in the I/O connection device and storing the device information and a second storage unit included in the information processing device and storing the device information. The calculation unit performs control calculation related to the I/O device by using the device information.

Abstract: A method for producing a compound of a formula (3), including reacting a compound of a formula (1) with a compound of a formula (2) by using a tertiary alcohol and a base: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a (C1-C4)alkyl, or a (C1-C4)alkoxy, the amount of the base used is 2.0-4.0 equivalents per 1 equivalent of the compound of formula (2), the amount of the tertiary alcohol used is 0.3-2.5 equivalents per 1 equivalent of the compound of formula (2), the base is a plurality of compounds comprising a lithium-containing base as a first compound, and a second compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydrides, alkali metal amides, alkoxides, alkyl metals, alkali metals, and organic bases, and the reaction is performed in the presence of an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent.

Abstract: A sheet supplying apparatus, which is capable of winding a sheet tightly, includes a driving unit configured to cause a roll including a wound consecutive sheet to rotate in a first direction for feeding the sheet or a second direction opposite to the first direction, a sensor that detects a leading end portion of the sheet separated from an outer circumferential surface of the roll, and a contact body that presses the outer circumferential surface. Before the sheet is fed, in a state in which the contact body presses the outer circumferential surface, the driving unit causes the roll to continuously rotate in the second direction until a detection cycle of the leading end portion by the sensor is less than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A roll sheet, in which a continuous sheet is wound in a roll form, is caused to rotate in a forward direction to supply the sheet to a printing unit. First and second sensors are arranged at positions facing an outer circumferential surface of the roll sheet and deviated in an axis line direction of the roll sheet. Outputs of the first and second sensors are changed in accordance with a distance to a sheet of the roll sheet. A rotation direction of the roll sheet is switched from a forward direction to a reverse direction on the basis of the outputs of the first and second sensors while the roll sheet is being rotated in the reverse direction.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a magnetic disk is provided with a first area including a plurality of blocks and a second area designated as a write destination by a host. The first memory is a volatile memory that receives write data received from the host. A controller estimates a degree of influence of ATI for each of the plurality of blocks, and sets a first block in which the degree of influence of ATI reaches the first threshold value and two blocks adjacent thereto to be unwritable. The controller selects one of one or more blocks which are not set to be unwritable and have free space among the plurality of blocks, and stores a copy of write data in the first memory in the selected one block at least for a period until the write data is written to the second area.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a flow path device capable of suppressing an occurrence of air bubbles when a solution is introduced into a flow path. A fluidic device has a pair of substrates which are stacked in a thickness direction, one substrate including a flow path formed by being covered with the other substrate. The flow path includes a merging/branching portion which is surrounded by a contour which is configured to match each line segment connecting together apex positions of an equilateral triangle as viewed in the thickness direction or a contour parallel to each line segment and in which solution merges or branches. A valve which is configured to regulate flow of a fluid in the flow path is provided in at least two of the apex positions.

Abstract: In a first aspect of the present invention, a manipulation method of an organism is provided which includes: forming a gas-liquid interface, in which a restoring force acts against minute interface movement, in a flow channel or at an end part of the flow channel, with the end part immersed in a liquid in which an organism is immersed; and manipulating the organism by using the gas-liquid interface.

Abstract: An analysis system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a cell image including images of a plurality of cultured cells which are cultured in a medium; and an image analyzing unit configured to analyze living states of the plurality of cultured cells included in the cell image on the basis of luminance values and cell diameters of the cultured cells included in the cell image.

Abstract: A sheet supplying apparatus, which is capable of winding a sheet tightly, includes a driving unit configured to cause a roll including a wound consecutive sheet to rotate in a first direction for feeding the sheet or a second direction opposite to the first direction, a sensor that detects a leading end portion of the sheet separated from an outer circumferential surface of the roll, and a contact body that presses the outer circumferential surface. Before the sheet is fed, in a state in which the contact body presses the outer circumferential surface, the driving unit causes the roll to continuously rotate in the second direction until a detection cycle of the leading end portion by the sensor is less than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A pattern formation method includes forming a hard mask layer on a first surface of a first substrate; exposing a second region of the first surface, with a first region of the first surface covered by the hard mask layer; forming a resist mask layer on the hard mask layer and on the second region; molding the resist mask layer by pressing a template against the resist mask layer; curing the resist mask layer; and forming a first recessed portion recessed below the first surface and a first protruding portion protruding beyond a bottom face of the first recessed portion.