Abstract: An intake manifold includes a curved passage extending in a curved manner. The curved passage includes a first segmental body and a second segmental body that are separate from each other in a longitudinal direction of the curved passage and are welded together by a weld portion. The weld portion includes a main weld part and an auxiliary weld part. The main weld part annularly extends in a peripheral direction of the curved passage. The auxiliary weld part is arranged on an inner portion of the curved passage with respect to a curvature direction of the curved passage at a position separated from the main weld part in a radially outward direction of the curved passage.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a determination processing portion, a startup processing portion, and a reception processing portion. The determination processing portion determines, when the electronic device is started, whether or not an administrator password used for authenticating an administrator of the electronic device is a predetermined initial password. The startup processing portion, when the determination processing portion determines that the administrator password is the initial password, starts the electronic device in a restricted mode in which functions of the electronic device are restricted. The reception processing portion receives a change operation to change the administrator password when started in the restricted mode.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a sulfated polysaccharide by generating a sulfated polysaccharide by incorporating, in a reaction solution in the presence of ATP or an ATP source, a sulfate ion source, and N-sulfoheparosan, a transformant (a) of a bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, comprising at least a gene encoding an ATP sulfurylase and a gene encoding an APS kinase, and at least one selected from a transformant (b) of a microorganism belonging to prokaryotes, comprising at least a gene encoding a C5-epimerase, a transformant (c) of a microorganism belonging to prokaryotes, comprising at least a gene encoding a 2-O-sulfotransferase, a transformant (d) of a microorganism belonging to prokaryotes, comprising at least a gene encoding a 6-O-sulfotransferase, and a transformant (e) of a microorganism belonging to prokaryotes, comprising at least a gene encoding a 3-O-sulfotransferase.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing sulfated polysaccharides by reacting a PAPS production/regeneration system utilizing the metabolic activity of a microorganism or a treated matter thereof with a microorganism expressing a sulfation enzyme or a treated matter or extract thereof upon mixing of inexpensive raw materials such as magnesium sulfate. The invention also provides a method for producing PAPS from inexpensive raw materials. The methods involve preparing a transformant (a) of a bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, which contains a gene encoding an ATP sulfurylase and a gene encoding an APS kinase, which are expressible, and in which a cell plasma membrane of the transformant (a) is substance-permeable, or a treated matter of the transformant (a), and conducting a reaction for producing PAPS by using a reaction solution containing ATP or an ATP source, a sulfate ion source, and the transformant (a) or the treated matter thereof.

Abstract: A dispersion liquid contains modified silica particles that are obtained by reacting silica particles which are surface-treated with a compound A represented by Formula Si(RA)4-n(XA)n, which has a reactive group, with a compound B which has a functional group reacting with the reactive group to form a bond and has an organic group, an organic solvent, and water, in which a content of water is 0.1 to 20.0 mass % with respect to a total mass of the modified silica particles. In Formula A, RA represents a monovalent organic group including the reactive group, XA represents a hydroxyl group or a monovalent hydrolyzable group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: A plastic product includes a first component made of plastic and a second component made of plastic. The first component includes a first joint surface. The second component includes a second joint surface joined to the first joint surface. The first component includes a contact surface that is located on a side opposite to the first joint surface in a facing direction. The contact surface includes a general portion and a protruding portion. The first component includes at least one recess in an outer side surface located between the first joint surface and the contact surface in a part in which the protruding portion is provided. The recess opens in the outer side surface.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a cycloalkyl bromide without using heavy metals and the like. The present invention provides a method for producing a compound represented by Formula (2) wherein R represents an optionally substituted C3-C4 cycloalkyl group, by reacting a compound represented by Formula (1) wherein R represents the same meaning as described above, and M represents an alkali metal, with bromine in presence of a radical initiator or under light irradiation.

Abstract: A reservation management unit 24 acquires a joblog of a job that has been performed in a predetermined period, extracts as a specific job among jobs recorded in the joblog a job that the user is not a user having a predetermined relationship with the reservation user, derives a reservation timing on the basis of a time-wise distribution of the performing time point of the specific job, and performs a reservation of a print job of the reservation user to be performed at the derived reservation timing. Here, the user having a predetermined relationship with the reservation user is a user who belongs to a user group to which the reservation user belongs and the user group is a user group of users who work physically contiguously to each other.

Abstract: Each of plural image forming apparatuses 2-1 to 2-N transmits a beacon signal including a device ID. Each of plural user terminal apparatuses 1-1 to 1-M determines a user ID of a user 101-i who currently uses it, receives the beacon signal transmitted from an image forming apparatus 2-j, and transmits to a mapping processing apparatus mapping information that associates the user ID and the device ID in the received beacon signal. Further, the mapping processing apparatus receives the mapping information on each user, determines a user associated by the mapping information with each image forming apparatus 2-j among the plural image forming apparatuses 2-1 to 2-M, and generates map data in which the determined user is associated with each image forming apparatus 2-j.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a communication device performs data communication with an external user terminal apparatus, and a job managing unit receives a print job request from the user terminal apparatus using the communication device. Further, when receiving the print job request from the user terminal apparatus, the job managing unit determines whether there is a user who is physically directly using the image forming apparatus or not, if there is not a user who is physically directly using the image forming apparatus, allows the print job request and if there is a user who is physically directly using the image forming apparatus, determines whether the print job request should be refused or not, and if the print job request should not be refused, allows the print job request and if the print job request should be refused, refuses the print job request.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing sulfated polysaccharides by reacting a PAPS production/regeneration system utilizing the metabolic activity of a microorganism or a treated matter thereof with a microorganism expressing a sulfation enzyme or a treated matter or extract thereof upon mixing of inexpensive raw materials such as magnesium sulfate. The invention also provides a method for producing PAPS from inexpensive raw materials. The methods involve preparing a transformant (a) of a bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, which contains a gene encoding an ATP sulfurylase and a gene encoding an APS kinase, which are expressible, and in which a cell plasma membrane of the transformant (a) is substance-permeable, or a treated matter of the transformant (a), and conducting a reaction for producing PAPS by using a reaction solution containing ATP or an ATP source, a sulfate ion source, and the transformant (a) or the treated matter thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a photosensitive coloring composition including a pigment and a diketopyrrolopyrrole compound A represented by Formula 1, in which, in a case where molar contents of the diketopyrrolopyrrole compound A and a diketopyrrolopyrrole compound B represented by Formula 1 are each denoted by mA and mB, a value of mA/(mA+mB) is 10 mol % to 100 mol %, and a content of the pigment is 35% by mass or more with respect to a total solid content of the photosensitive coloring composition; a cured substance of the photosensitive coloring composition, a color filter including the cured substance, a solid-state imaging element or an image display device, and a novel asymmetric diketopyrrolopyrrole compound. Diketopyrrolopyrrole compound A: A1 represents a monovalent organic group having an acidic or a basic functional group, and B1 represents a monovalent organic group not having an acidic or a basic functional group.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a communication device performs data communication with an external user terminal apparatus, and a job managing unit receives a print job request from the user terminal apparatus using the communication device. Further, when receiving the print job request from the user terminal apparatus, the job managing unit determines whether there is a user who is physically directly using the image forming apparatus or not, if there is not a user who is physically directly using the image forming apparatus, allows the print job request and if there is a user who is physically directly using the image forming apparatus, determines whether the print job request should be refused or not, and if the print job request should not be refused, allows the print job request and if the print job request should be refused, refuses the print job request.

Abstract: A dispersion liquid contains modified silica particles that are obtained by reacting silica particles which are surface-treated with a compound A represented by Formula Si(RA)4-n(XA)n, which has a reactive group, with a compound B which has a functional group reacting with the reactive group to form a bond and has an organic group, an organic solvent, and water, in which a content of water is 0.1 to 20.0 mass % with respect to a total mass of the modified silica particles. In Formula A, RA represents a monovalent organic group including the reactive group, XA represents a hydroxyl group or a monovalent hydrolyzable group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: A dispersion liquid contains an inorganic oxide particle surface-treated with at least one of a compound represented by Formula Si(RA1)(XA1)3 or a compound represented by Formula Si(RA2)(RA20)(XA2)2, polysiloxane having at least one of a T unit represented by Formula [RB1SiO3/2] or a D unit represented by Formula [RB2RB20SiO], and an organic solvent, where a content of the polysiloxane is 0.5% to 39% by mass with respect to a total amount of the inorganic oxide particle and the polysiloxane, in which in the formula, RA1, RA2, RB1, and RB2 represent a functional group, XA1 and XA2 represent a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group, and RA20 and RB20 represent an alkyl group or an aryl group.

Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus for a fuel pump diagnoses the state of a fuel pump based on: a correlation between a pump rotational speed that is a rotational speed of the motor and fuel pressure that is pressure of the fuel discharged from the fuel pump; and an initial correlation that is the correlation in an initial actuation period from when the fuel pump is energized for the first time to when a specified period has elapsed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition having excellent development residue suppressibility. Moreover, also provided are a cured film, a color filter, a light shielding film, an optical element, a solid-state imaging element, a headlight unit, modified silica particles, and a method for producing modified silica particles. The composition according to the embodiment of the present invention contains modified silica particles and a polymerizable compound, in which the modified silica particles each contain a silica particle and a coating layer coating the silica particle, and the coating layer contains a polymer containing a repeating unit represented by General Formula (1).

Abstract: A composition includes: a compound represented by the following Formula (1); a pigment; and a solvent. In a case where a film having a thickness of 4.0 m is formed using the composition, a maximum value of a light transmittance of the film in a thickness direction in a wavelength range of 360 nm to 700 nm is lower than 40%. In Formula (1), Z1 represents an (m+n)-valent linking group, Y1 and Y2 each independently represent a single bond or a linking group, A represents a group including a pigment adsorption portion, P1 represents a polymer chain, n represents 1 to 20, m represents 1 to 20, and m+n represents 3 to 21, at least one of Z1, A1, or P1 includes a photocurable group.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a filtering processing unit that executes a filtering process to suppress background noise of input image data; a threshold setting unit that sets a binarization threshold for the input image data; a background noise determination threshold setting unit that determines that a tone value at which the number of pixels of background noise of the input image data reaches a peak is a background peak tone value and that sets, as a background noise determination threshold, a tone value having a density higher than a density of the background peak tone value and having a number of pixels within a specific range of percentages, of the number of pixels at the peak; a background noise reduction processing unit that executes a background noise reduction process on the input image data and a binarization processing unit that executes a binarization process on the input image data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a filtering processing unit that executes a filtering process to suppress background noise of input image data; a threshold setting unit that sets a binarization threshold for the input image data; a background noise determination threshold setting unit that determines that a tone value at which the number of pixels of background noise of the input image data reaches a peak is a background peak tone value and that sets, as a background noise determination threshold, a tone value having a density higher than a density of the background peak tone value and having a number of pixels within a specific range of percentages, of the number of pixels at the peak; a background noise reduction processing unit that executes a background noise reduction process on the input image data and a binarization processing unit that executes a binarization process on the input image data.