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.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fluidic device in which solutions of different concentrations can be easily obtained.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet; a first exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged while being reversed; a second exit path from which the sheet with the image printed thereon by the printing unit is discharged without being reversed; and a switch member configured to be pivotably arranged so as to switch between the first exit path and the second exit path. The first exit path passes above a pivot center of the switch member, and the second exit path passes below the pivot center.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit; a first conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet to the printing unit while nipping the sheet; a second conveyance unit provided on a downstream side of the first conveyance unit in a conveyance direction of the sheet, and configured to convey the sheet while nipping the sheet; a third conveyance unit provided on a downstream side of the second conveyance unit in the conveyance direction, and configured to convey the sheet while nipping the sheet; and a switching unit configured to switch between a nip state of the second conveyance unit and a released state in which the nip state is released. When the sheet is conveyed by the third conveyance unit, the switching unit switches between the nip state and the released state in accordance with a length of the sheet.

Abstract: Provided is a thermostatic type crystal oscillator with short operation stabilization time and low power consumption. A thermostatic type crystal oscillator according to the present invention includes a crystal resonator including an IT-cut crystal blank, a vibration control circuit configured to control a vibration frequency of the crystal resonator, a temperature regulator configured to regulate a temperature of the crystal resonator within a set temperature range by repeating heating and cooling to the crystal resonator, a heat conducting plate configured to function as a heat absorbing plate and a heat dissipating plate for the temperature regulator, a temperature control circuit configured to control a temperature of the temperature regulator, and a housing that accommodates the crystal resonator. The housing defines a resonator accommodating space in which the crystal resonator is accommodated inside the housing.

Abstract: A device includes a receiving unit, a filtering unit, an abnormality detecting unit, and an output unit. The receiving unit receives an I/O output request that includes an operational output for an I/O output device to operate a plant, and that is transmitted from plural control units through a network. The filtering unit performs filtering in which an I/O output request from a proper control unit out of the received I/O output requests is selected and output. The abnormality detecting unit detects an abnormality of the I/O output request. The output unit transmits, when the abnormality is detected, an alternate I/O output request, which is a request including an alternate operational output, to an I/O output device corresponding to the I/O output request, and that outputs, when the abnormality is not detected, the I/O output request output from the filtering unit to an I/O output device corresponding to the I/O output request.

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: There is provided a ferritic stainless steel sheet including a magnetized area fraction of 50% or more.

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 a first aspect of the present invention, a method of applying a force to an organism is provided which includes: forming a gas-liquid interface between a liquid, in which an organism is immersed, and a gas in a flow channel or at an end portion of the flow channel after arranging the end portion in the liquid; controlling a vector of a force applied from the gas-liquid interface to the organism; and applying a force to the organism from the gas-liquid interface.

Abstract: A first aspect of the present invention provides a manipulating method of an organism including forming an air bubble in liquid where the organism is immersed, attaching the organism to the air bubble, and controlling an airflow by generating the airflow in the air bubble and manipulating a position of the organism with the airflow.

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: A printing apparatus comprises a sheet eject tray; a movable guide arranged on an upstream side of the sheet eject tray with respect to a direction of conveyance of a sheet and being configured to be able to move to a protruding position and a retracted position; and a driving mechanism configured to cause the movable guide to move to the protruding position when a leading edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide and cause the movable guide to move to the retracted position when a trailing edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide, wherein the protruding position includes a first position at which the movable guide presses a sheet to the sheet eject tray and a second position between the first position and the retracted position.

Abstract: In a first aspect of the present invention, a manipulation method of an organism is provided, comprising: forming an air bubble by introducing gas into liquid in which an organism is submerged; controlling of energy before, during or after the forming of the air bubble, including controlling of difference (E1 - E2) obtained by subtracting, from surface free energy E1 at an interface between the gas and the organism, surface free energy E2 at an interface between the gas and the liquid; and manipulating the organism using the air bubble, by bringing the air bubble into contact with the organism during or after the controlling of energy.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a supporting unit that rotatably supports a roll sheet formed by winding a continuous sheet into a roll shape, a conveying path forming member that is placed in a position spaced apart from the roll sheet supported by the supporting unit, and forms a conveying path of the sheet, and a displacing unit that includes a guide portion capable of being displaced between a guide position and a retracting position set farther from a start position than the guide position. The guide portion is displaced from the retracting position to the guide position when a leading edge of the sheet separated from the roll sheet supported by the supporting unit is positioned between the guide portion in the retracting position and the start position.