Abstract: A sheet discharge device includes at least one sheet discharge tray, a sheet discharge position adjustment actuator, and a controller. The sheet discharge tray receives discharged sheets. The discharge position adjustment actuator adjusts discharge positions of the discharged sheets on the at least one sheet discharge tray. The controller compares a first rotation amount of first print data printed on a first sheet with a second rotation amount of second print data printed on a second sheet. In response to a determination that the first rotation amount is different than the second rotation amount, the controller controls the sheet discharge position adjustment actuator to (a) discharge the first sheet to a first discharge position and (b) discharge the second sheet to a second discharge position different than the first discharge position.

Abstract: A litter for animals includes a plurality of granular materials including a high-bulk density granular material and a low-bulk density granular material at a ratio by mass of 60:40-40:60. The high-bulk density granular material contains bentonite as a main component, and the low-bulk density granular material is configured of a core layer and a skin layer, the skin layer coating the surface of the core layer and containing a binder by which grains of the plurality of granular materials are bound to each other.

Abstract: This invention provides a communication processing system that stably efficiently uses a resource in a cell managed by a base station. The communication processing system includes a communication terminal, a base station, a plurality of relay stations that relay communication between the communication terminal and the base station, a measurer in the communication terminal that measures strengths of received signals from the plurality of relay stations, and a selector in the base station that selects a relay station that connects the base station and the communication terminal, based on a comparison result of at least one capability of capabilities had by each of the plurality of relay stations, when there exist a plurality of relay stations whose strengths of received signals are more than a threshold.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device having a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and a sealing member formed in a peripheral portion of at least one of the substrates. The method includes forming the sealing member, disposing the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, and bonding the first substrate to the second substrate. In forming the sealing member, a ring-shaped portion that seals the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, a first sealing layer and a second sealing layer that face each other to be separated from each other are formed. In the bonding of the first substrate to the second substrate, a junction portion is formed in which the first and second sealing layers are pressed and joined outside the sealing member so as to form the ring-shaped portion.

Abstract: A method implemented by a computer, the method includes: detecting a position of an electronic device capable of communicating with a portable device; setting a range of a position at which the electronic device provides a notification pertaining to the portable device based on a position of the electronic device that has communicated with the portable device; and providing the notification based on the range set in the setting and the position of the electronic device detected in the detecting of a position.

Abstract: Provided is a method for improving productivity in producing an organic compound in a bacterium that originally does not have an inherent ED pathway. In one aspect, provided is a transformant of a coryneform bacterium that is obtained by introducing the Entner-Doudoroff pathway into the coryneform bacterium as a host. In another aspect, provided is a transformant of a coryneform bacterium that is obtained by introducing, into a coryneform bacterium as a host a gene in which an enzyme having glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity is encoded, a gene in which an enzyme having 6-phosphogluconate dehydratase activity is encoded, and a gene in which an enzyme having 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase activity is encoded.

Abstract: A multicast control device capable of reducing the distribution time of multicast data is provided. A multicast control device (10) according to the present disclosure includes a determination unit (11) configured to determine whether the number of communication terminals joining a multicast service exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a session control unit (12) configured to start a multicast session for a plurality of communication terminals joining the multicast service when it is determined that the number of communication terminals joining the multicast service exceeds the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A multicast control device capable of reducing the distribution time of multicast data is provided. A multicast control device (10) according to the present disclosure includes a determination unit (11) configured to determine whether the number of communication terminals joining a multicast service exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a session control unit (12) configured to start a multicast session for a plurality of communication terminals joining the multicast service when it is determined that the number of communication terminals joining the multicast service exceeds the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A multicast control device capable of reducing the processing load of a core network device that occurs when a large number of communication devices use a multicast service is provided. A multicast control device (10) according to the present disclosure includes a communication unit (13) configured to receive a joining request message from a communication terminal to join a multicast service, a determination unit (11) configured to determine whether the number of communication terminals already joining the multicast service reaches a predetermined threshold, and a management unit (12) configured to reject joining of the communication terminal having sent the joining request message to the multicast service when it is determined that the number of communication terminals already joining the multicast service reaches the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member and a pressing member forming a fixing nip therebetween, a heat generator, and a processor. The heat generator is disposed to heat a print medium passing through the fixing nip via the fixing member. The processor is configured to control the heat generator to start heating at a timing when a non-fixed image portion formed on the print medium is expected to reach the fixing nip, based on image data of an image to be fixed, a conveyance speed of the print medium, and an estimated heat capacity of the print medium.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a base station, a radio relay station, a communication method, and a program capable of preventing communication from being unavailable when the base station is brought into a high load condition. A base station (10) configured to communicate with a communication terminal (30) through a radio relay station (20), the base station (10) including: a control unit (11) configured to detect whether the own apparatus is in an overload condition exceeding a predetermined load; and a communication unit (12) configured to transmit, in order to cause the radio relay station (20) to connect to another base station that is not in an overload condition, information about the other base station to the radio relay station (20) when the control unit (11) detects that the own apparatus is in an overload condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a base station, a radio relay station, a communication method, and a program capable of preventing communication from being unavailable when the base station is brought into a high load condition. A base station (10) configured to communicate with a communication terminal (30) through a radio relay station (20), the base station (10) including: a control unit (11) configured to detect whether the own apparatus is in an overload condition exceeding a predetermined load; and a communication unit (12) configured to transmit, in order to cause the radio relay station (20) to connect to another base station that is not in an overload condition, information about the other base station to the radio relay station (20) when the control unit (11) detects that the own apparatus is in an overload condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a core node capable of reducing the number of messages or an amount of data to be transmitted to the core node. A core node (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a congestion state detector (11) configured to detect a congestion state of an own apparatus; a communication unit (13) configured to receive a NAS request message that has specified an APN from a radio terminal (20); and a controller (12) configured to determine that processing regarding the NAS request message will not be executed while the congestion state of the own apparatus is being detected. The communication unit (13) transmits a reject message including a plurality of APNs that can be specified by the radio terminal (20) to the radio terminal (20) when it is determined in the controller (12) that the processing regarding the NAS request message will not be executed.

Abstract: A pet absorbent sheet includes: an absorbent core; and a liquid-permeable sheet disposed closer to a top side of the pet absorbent sheet than the absorbent core and that includes a plurality of hydrophilic fibers. The liquid-permeable sheet has waterproof regions that contain a water resisting agent. The water resisting agent is formed to surround gaps between fibers formed of the plurality of hydrophilic fibers.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member and a pressing member forming a fixing nip therebetween, a heat generator, and a processor. The heat generator is disposed to heat a print medium passing through the fixing nip via the fixing member. The processor is configured to control the heat generator to start heating at a timing when a non-fixed image portion formed on the print medium is expected to reach the fixing nip, based on image data of an image to be fixed, a conveyance speed of the print medium, and an estimated heat capacity of the print medium.

Abstract: An object is to provide a policy control system that can easily change a policy. A policy control system according to the present invention includes a PCRF entity (10) including a policy control unit (11) for determining a policy to be applied to a group including a plurality of wireless terminals according to environmental information changed at a specified timing and a PCEF entity (20) including a policy control execution unit (21) for applying the policy determined by the policy control unit (11) to communication related to the plurality of wireless terminals included in the group.

Abstract: An absorbent sheet for pets includes: a top sheet disposed on a top side of the absorbent sheet; a back sheet disposed on a back side of the absorbent sheet; and an absorbent body disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, the absorbent body including: top recessed portions, each recessed toward the back side from the top side and comprising a top bottom portion; and back recessed portions, each recessed toward the top side from the back side and comprising a back bottom portion. At least some of the top bottom portions are located either: at the same position as some of the back bottom portions in a thickness direction, or closer to the back side than the back bottom portions in the thickness direction.

Abstract: A service control apparatus (20) according to the present disclosure includes: a communication unit (21) configured to receive, from each of service providing apparatuses (30, 32, 34), a communication pattern that defines a timing of communication between each of the service providing apparatuses and a communication terminal (10); and a controller (22) configured to predict a load of a network that performs data transmission between the communication terminal (10) and each of the service providing apparatuses based on the plurality of communication patterns. When it is predicted in the controller (22) that the load of the network will become higher than a predetermined threshold, the communication unit (21) transmits a message for prompting the communication pattern to change to at least one of the plurality of service providing apparatuses.

Abstract: A synthetic data generation apparatus includes: a random number generating unit that generates first synthetic data with a ratio of a frequency distribution of each attribute being approximate to the ratio of the frequency distribution of that attribute in target data for which synthetic data is to be generated; and a data formatting unit that formats the first synthetic data using a matrix given by Cholesky decomposition of a variance-covariance matrix of the target data or a scaling matrix given by singular value decomposition of the variance-covariance matrix of the target data such that a mean vector and a correlation matrix of the first synthetic data agree with a mean vector and a correlation matrix of the target data and that a minimum and a maximum of the first synthetic data are present in ranges of a minimum and a maximum of the target data, and provides the first synthetic data after formatting as synthetic data.

Abstract: A service control apparatus (20) according to the present disclosure includes: a communication unit (21) configured to receive, from a service providing apparatus (30), downlink data destined for a communication terminal (10), and information about a maximum allowable delay time of the downlink data; and a control unit (22) configured to determine whether the maximum allowable delay time expires by a communication enabled timing at which the communication terminal (10) in a power saving state can next perform communication, in which when the maximum allowable delay time expires by the communication enabled timing, the communication unit (21) transmits, to the service providing apparatus (30), information indicating that the downlink data cannot be transmitted to the communication terminal (10).