Abstract: A sheet folder includes a conveyor conveying a sheet, a first folding roller and a second folding roller that form a first nip, a third folding roller forming a second nip with the second folding roller, a first guide movable between a first guide posture and a first retracted posture, a second guide movable between a second guide posture and a second retracted posture, and a motor. The motor rotates the second folding roller forward to convey the sheet toward the first nip, reverse to convey the sheet toward the second nip, moves the first guide to arrange in the first guide in the first guide posture or the first retracted posture, and moves the second guide to arrange the second guide in the second guide posture or the second retracted posture.

Abstract: A synthetic graphite material, in which a size L (112) of a crystallite in a c-axis direction as calculated from a (112) diffraction line obtained by an X-ray wide angle diffraction method is in a range of 4 to 30 nm, a surface area based on a volume as calculated by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution measuring device is in a range of 0.22 to 1.70 m2/cm3, an oil absorption is in a range of 67 to 147 mL/100 g, a spectrum derived from carbon appearing in an electron spin resonance method as measured using an X band is in a range of 3200 to 3410 gauss, and ?Hpp, which is a line width of the spectrum as calculated from a first derivative spectrum of the spectrum at a temperature of 4.8K, is in a range of 41 to 69 gauss.

Abstract: The present invention aims at providing A magnetic sensor that is less expensive and that is highly sensitive is provided. A magnetic sensor of the present invention has: a magnetic field detecting element; and a plurality of magnets that are arranged at intervals in a first direction, the magnets moving in the first direction relative to the magnetic field detecting element. The magnets have respective first faces that face the magnetic field detecting element. The magnets are magnetized in a second direction that crosses the first direction such that the first faces of an adjacent pair of the magnets have different polarities. The magnetic sensor further includes at least one soft magnetic body that is provided on the first face of at least one of the magnets.

Abstract: A first synthesized characteristic value calculated based on a first blending ratio of constituent materials contained in a first composite material and on a first characteristic value corresponding to the constituent materials contained in the first composite material, as well as first blending information of the constituent materials contained in the first composite material are used as input parameters (explanatory variables) for an approximate function to estimate a value of physical quantity (objective variable) for the first composite material.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for predicting responsiveness to an immune checkpoint inhibitor and a method for predicting prognosis of a cancer patient who has received treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. According to the present invention, there is provided a method for predicting responsiveness to an immune checkpoint inhibitor by using an amount of an IL-1 signaling pathway molecule in a subject in need of treatment of cancer as an indicator. According to the present invention, there is also provided a method for predicting prognosis of a cancer patient who has received treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor, the method comprising predicting prognosis by using an amount of an IL-1 signaling pathway molecule of the subject as an indicator.

Abstract: A solder alloy, a solder paste, a solder ball, a solder preform, a solder joint, a vehicle-mounted electronic circuit, an ECU electronic circuit, a vehicle-mounted electronic circuit device, and an ECU electronic circuit device which have a liquidus-line temperature and a solidus-line temperature falling within predetermined temperature ranges, and have excellent heat conductivity, and excellent heat cycle resistance. The solder alloy has an alloy composition of, by mass %, Ag: 3.0 to 3.8%, Cu: 0.1 to 1.0%, Bi: 1.1% or more and less than 1.5%, Sb: 1.0 to 7.9%, Fe: 0.020 to 0.040%, Co: 0.001 to 0.020%, with the balance being Sn. The solder alloy may further contain, by mass %, at least one of Ge, Ga, As, Pd, Mn, In, Zn, Zr, and Mg: 0.1% or less in total.

Abstract: A solder alloy, a solder paste, a solder ball, a solder preform, a solder joint, a vehicle-mounted electronic circuit, an ECU electronic circuit, a vehicle-mounted electronic circuit device, and an ECU electronic circuit device which have a liquidus-line temperature and a solidus-line temperature falling within predetermined temperature ranges, and have excellent heat conductivity and excellent heat cycle resistance. The solder alloy has an alloy composition of, by mass %, Ag: 3.0 to 3.8%, Cu: 0.1 to 1.0%, Bi: more than 0% and 0.9% or less, Sb: 1.0 to 7.9%, Fe: 0.020 to 0.040%, Co: 0.001 to 0.020%, with the balance being Sn. The solder alloy may further contain, by mass %, at least one of Ge, Ga, As, Pd, Mn, In, Zn, Zr, and Mg: 0.1% or less in total.

Abstract: A solder alloy, a solder paste, a solder ball, a solder preform, a solder joint, a vehicle-mounted electronic circuit, an ECU electronic circuit, a vehicle-mounted electronic circuit device, and an ECU electronic circuit device which have a liquidus-line temperature and a solidus-line temperature falling within predetermined temperature ranges, and have excellent heat conductivity, and excellent heat cycle resistance. The solder alloy has an alloy composition of, by mass %, Ag: 3.0 to 3.8%, Cu: 0.1 to 1.0%, Bi: more than 0% and less than 1.5%, Sb: 1.0 to 7.9%, Fe: 0.020 to 0.040%, Co: more than 0.008% and 0.020% or less, with the balance being Sn. The solder alloy may further contain, by mass %, at least one of Ge, Ga, As, Pd, Mn, In, Zn, Zr, and Mg: 0.1% or less in total.

Abstract: A fusion splicing apparatus includes a fusion splicing unit, a clock unit that outputs a current date and time, and a fusion control unit that controls an operation of the fusion splicing unit and stops the operation of the fusion splicing unit when a remaining period of use known on the basis of the current date and time output from the clock unit and a usable period input from the outside in advance is zero or less. The fusion control unit records information on the number of times of electric discharge per unit period when the clock unit is normal and determines the remaining period of use assuming that the unit period has elapsed when the number of times of electric discharge has reached the number of times of electric discharge per unit period in a case in which an abnormality of the clock unit is detected.

Abstract: A reception device includes a reception unit that receives a signal obtained by polarization multiplexing of an X polarized wave and a Y polarized wave, converts a received signal into a received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave, and outputs the received signal, a first signal decoding unit that decodes one series of transmission signals from the received signal output by the reception unit, a polarization separation unit that performs polarization separation on the received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the reception unit, a second signal decoding unit that decodes the received signal polarization-separated by the polarization separation unit, and a first polarization processing switching unit that captures a received signal corresponding to each of the X polarized wave and the Y polarized wave and output by the reception unit, and switches an output destination of the received signal that has been capt

Abstract: A reception device includes: a polarization separating unit configured to perform polarization-separation on reception signals respectively corresponding to an X-polarized wave a the Y-polarized wave, output from a receiving unit; a first signal decoding unit configured to decode a single-sequence transmission signal from the given reception signals; a second signal decoding unit configured to decode a two-sequence transmission signal from the given reception signals; and a reception signal comparison unit configured to determine whether change patterns in the reception signals respectively corresponding to the X-polarized wave and the Y-polarized wave separated by the polarization separating unit are similar to each other, output the reception signals obtained by polarization-separation by the polarization separating unit to the first signal decoding unit in a case where the change patterns are similar to each other, and output the reception signals obtained by polarization-separation by the polarization sep

Abstract: An optical connector module (1) according to the present disclosure includes an optical waveguide board (10) and an optical connector (20) attached to the optical waveguide board (10). The optical connector (20) includes a positioning target portion (23) that engages with the optical waveguide board (10), and the optical connector (20) is positioned relative to the optical waveguide board (10) in a state in which the positioning target portion (23) is engaged with the optical waveguide board (10). The optical waveguide board (10) includes an optical waveguide (12) including a first cladding (122a) and a core (121) stacked on the first cladding (122a), the first cladding being stacked on a substrate (11) in a stacking direction perpendicular to the substrate (11), and a positioning core (14) that is stacked on the first cladding (122a) by using a material the same as a material of the core (121) and that engages with the positioning target portion (23).

Abstract: An apparatus including a transmission mechanism in a power transfer path between a drive source and wheels; an oil pressure control device supplying lubricating oil to the transmission mechanism; and a control part outputting an electrical instruction to increase a flow rate of the supplied lubricating. When the control part outputs an electrical instruction to the oil pressure control device to increase a flow rate of lubricating oil supplied to the transmission mechanism, and determines that the flow rate of lubricating oil supplied to the transmission mechanism from the oil pressure control device does not increase as indicated by the electrical instruction (time t1), the control part considers that the oil pressure control device is in an abnormal state, and can impose a limitation that an absolute value of torque of the transmission mechanism transferred between the wheels and the drive source be reduced (time t1-t5).

Abstract: A server includes a processor to acquire a current position of a moving body used by a user, a remaining battery level of a rechargeable battery of the moving body used by the user, and a first destination of the user, and in a case where a new second destination different from the first destination is input, set, for the moving body, a charging travelling route passing a charging path capable of charging the battery on a way from the current position to the second destination based on the remaining battery level.

Abstract: A fusion splicing system includes a fusion splicer including a fusion mechanism to fusion-splice optical fibers, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the fusion mechanism, a first information terminal capable of communicating with the fusion splicer, and a server capable of communicating with the first information terminal. The control unit is configured to set locking on an operation of the fusion mechanism before use. The first information terminal acquires locking release information to temporarily release the locking setting from the server, and transmits a locking release command signal including the locking release information to the fusion splicer. The control unit determines whether or not the locking release information included in the received locking release command signal is appropriate, and temporarily releases the locking setting on the fusion mechanism to enable the fusion mechanism when the locking release information is appropriate.

Abstract: With respect to a rotational direction of a rotatable developing member of a developing device, an opposing position where a regulating portion of the developing device is opposed to an outer peripheral surface of the rotatable developing member is between a first maximum position and a position where a magnetic flux density of a regulating pole in a tangential direction relative to the outer peripheral surface of the rotatable developing member is zero. With respect to the rotational direction of the rotatable developing member, the position where the magnetic flux density of the regulating pole in the tangential direction relative to the outer peripheral surface of the rotatable developing member is zero is within a range of ±2° of a midpoint between the first maximum position and a second maximum position or is downstream of the range.

Abstract: A vehicular lamp includes a light source, a reflector, and a projection lens. The vehicular lamp is configured to radiate, toward front of the lamp via the projection lens, light from the light source, the light being reflected by the reflector. A reflective surface of the reflector includes a reflective region configured to illuminate a short-distance road surface within 5 m in front of the lamp. A light diffusing treatment for diffusing and reflecting emitted light from the light source is applied to the reflective region.

Abstract: A method of producing a separation membrane includes a seed crystal adhesion step of adhering zeolite seed crystals to a porous support formed of stainless steel to obtain a seed crystal-bearing support and a separation layer formation step of forming a porous separation layer formed of a zeolite on the seed crystal-bearing support. The stainless steel has a contact angle with water of 90° or more. The seed crystal adhesion step includes bringing the zeolite seed crystals and a solvent having a contact angle with the stainless steel of 30° or less into contact with the porous support.

Abstract: A zeolite membrane composite includes a porous support and a zeolite membrane formed on at least one surface of the porous support. The zeolite membrane of the zeolite membrane composite is formed of an X-MOR-type zeolite, where X includes at least one type of transition metal ion.

Abstract: A polymer (P) to generate an acid by light exposure and to change in solubility in a developer with an action of the acid, the polymer containing: a repeating unit represented by the following formula (A-1); a repeating unit represented by any one or more selected from the following formulae (B-1), (B-2), (B-3), and (B-4) to generate an acid by light exposure; and a repeating unit represented by the following formula (a-1) or (a-2) other than the repeating unit represented by the formula (A-1). This provides a polymer to be contained in a resist composition that is excellent in etching resistance and that makes it possible to form a pattern with high sensitivity, high resolution, high contrast, and small LWR and CDU when using, in particular, an electron beam or an extreme ultraviolet ray (EUV) having a wavelength of 13.5 nm; a resist composition containing the polymer; and a patterning process using the resist composition.