Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of photoconductors; a plurality of exposure unis each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of photoconductors, each of the plurality of exposure units including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting portions configured to emit light to expose the photoconductors, and a duct configured to guide an airflow that cools the substrate along the substrate; a fan configured to generate the airflow that cools the substrate; and a duct unit configured to communicate with the ducts of the plurality of exposed portions via different ones of a plurality of openings, wherein an area of a first opening that is a longest flow path from the fan among the plurality of openings is larger than an area of a second opening that is a shortest flow path from the fan among the plurality of openings.

Abstract: Provided is a novel dresser that can impart higher flatness to a polishing pad. A dresser for a polishing pad surface, the dresser including: a dressing surface having a circular shape with a diameter DCD and facing the pad surface, and pellets arranged on the dressing surface, in which the pellets are arranged in circumferential regions with a diameter PCDn, in which the circumferential regions share a center of the dressing surface; and an area ratio of the pellets arranged in each circumferential region is any one of predetermined Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3.

Abstract: It is to provide an agent for anti-aging or cellular rejuvenation, and an agent for preventing or ameliorating symptoms or diseases associated with aging, in which a low-molecular compound that can be produced relatively simply and inexpensively is contained as an active ingredient. Provided are an agent for anti-aging or cellular rejuvenation and a preventive or ameliorative agent for a symptom or disease associated with aging. Such agents contain one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by General Formula (I0), a compound represented by General Formula (II), a compound represented by General Formula (III) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof when R3 is OH.

Abstract: An S(+) form of 4-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-2-(1H-indol-3-yl)-4-oxo-butanoic acid or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof may be useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition or a food or drink composition, and the like. An enantiomeric excess of an S(+) form may be at least 97% or more. The compound may be used in treating, improving, or preventing a mitochondrial disease and/or a symptom or a disease associated with aging.

Abstract: In order to reduce a load applied to a device control of a network manager, in a control method according to the present invention, a control device for controlling network devices receives first instruction information on the network devices, generates, from the first instruction information, second instruction information corresponding to each of the network devices, and transmits the corresponding second instruction information to each of the network devices, when the first instruction information satisfies a prescribed condition.

Abstract: A management device for managing a portal server includes a detection unit that detects subscriber identification information of a subscriber terminal from an access request received from the subscriber terminal, and a control unit that allocates an accommodation destination of the access request to one of a plurality of portal servers, based on the subscriber identification information.

Abstract: In order to resolve the problem of various MVNOs being unable to always fairly share wireless resources of a mobile line network (wireless resources of all base stations), this system has base stations connected to a server, and when wireless resource use amounts related to prescribed groups (MVNO) are input from at least one base station, the server outputs, as information indicating the priority order of the groups, information corresponding to a prescribed number having a monotonic increase relationship with the sum of the use amount related to the group, for each of the groups. When the information indicating the priority order of the groups is input, the base station communicates with terminals by using the wireless resources in order from a terminal of the group with the highest priority indicated by the information.

Abstract: A path calculation device includes: a first storage that stores first topology information for indicating a topology of a network; a second storage that stores second topology information generated from the first topology information stored in the first storage; and a processor that determines a path between a start point and an end point based on the second topology information stored in the second storage and provides path information for indicating the determined path to the network when the path calculation device receives a path calculation request that includes information for indicating the start point and the end point from the network. The processor updates the second topology information stored in the second storage based on the determined path.

Abstract: Provided is a communication system capable of handover processing, based on a processing priority according to handover classification. The communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention has a base station and a terminal; the terminal transmits handover requests to the base station; and the base station performs handover processing on the basis of the processing priority according to handover classification.

Abstract: A wireless communication system of the present invention includes: terminals; a base station that performs wireless communication with the terminals; a gateway apparatus that manages the terminals and the base station; and a server apparatus that authenticates the terminals. The gateway apparatus includes: at least one C-plane processor that processes C-plane; and N U-plane processors that process U plane. Each of the N U-plane processors notifies the C-plane processor of its own load status. The server apparatus notifies the C-plane processor of service levels of target terminals that try to perform entry to a network in which the base station and the gateway apparatus are located. The C-plane processor allocates, based on the load status of each of the N U-plane processors and the service levels of the target terminals, one of the N U-plane processors as an entry destination to the target terminals.

Abstract: Provided is a stacked semiconductor device (50) in which a semiconductor package (5) is stacked via connection terminals (8) on a semiconductor package (1), including a heat dissipating member (10) which is disposed between the semiconductor packages (1, 5), is brought into thermal contact with both of the packages (1, 5), and hangs over whole outer peripheral portions of the package (5). Such a structure causes heat generated from the package (5) to be released by heat dissipation into air above the package (5), heat dissipation into the air below the semiconductor package (5), heat transfer via the heat dissipating member (10) and a semiconductor element (3) to a first wiring substrate (2), heat transfer via the connection terminals (8) to the first wiring substrate (2), and heat dissipation via the heat dissipating member (10) into the air, thereby enhancing a temperature reduction effect of the semiconductor element.

Abstract: A handover control device that conducts switching-over base station(s), in which a mobile station 111, . . . , 1NQ communicates, from one base station to another neighboring base station wherein a gateway server 30 monitors communication quality of the mobile station 111, . . . , 1NQ at a frequency according to a service level assigned to the mobile station 111, . . . , 1NQ and, if the communication quality falls below a predetermined quality, sends information on the another base station to the mobile station 111, . . . , 1NQ.

Abstract: When a service providing device which provides a service to a mobile communication terminal enters a service stop mode, a signal indicating that the service stop mode is set in is transmitted to service providing devices other than that service providing device. Upon reception of the signal, the service providing device which has transmitted the signal releases the resource of the mobile communication terminal to which a service has been provided.

Abstract: A wireless communication system of the present invention includes: terminals; a base station that performs wireless communication with the terminals; a gateway apparatus that manages the terminals and the base station; and a server apparatus that authenticates the terminals. The gateway apparatus includes: at least one C-plane processor that processes C-plane; and N U-plane processors that process U plane. Each of the N U-plane processors notifies the C-plane processor of its own load status. The server apparatus notifies the C-plane processor of service levels of target terminals that try to perform entry to a network in which the base station and the gateway apparatus are located. The C-plane processor allocates, based on the load status of each of the N U-plane processors and the service levels of the target terminals, one of the N U-plane processors as an entry destination to the target terminals.

Abstract: A wireless communication system of the present invention includes: terminals; a base station that performs wireless communication with the terminals; a gateway apparatus that manages the terminals and the base station; and a server apparatus that authenticates the terminals. The gateway apparatus includes: at least one C-plane processor that processes C-plane; and N U-plane processors that process U plane. Each of the N U-plane processors notifies the C-plane processor of its own load status. The server apparatus notifies the C-plane processor of service levels of target terminals that try to perform entry to a network in which the base station and the gateway apparatus are located. The C-plane processor allocates, based on the load status of each of the N U-plane processors and the service levels of the target terminals, one of the N U-plane processors as an entry destination to the target terminals.

Abstract: Provided is a stacked semiconductor device (50) in which a semiconductor package (5) is stacked via connection terminals (8) on a semiconductor package (1), including a heat dissipating member (10) which is disposed between the semiconductor packages (1, 5), is brought into thermal contact with both of the packages (1, 5), and hangs over whole outer peripheral portions of the package (5). Such a structure causes heat generated from the package (5) to be released by heat dissipation into air above the package (5), heat dissipation into the air below the semiconductor package (5), heat transfer via the heat dissipating member (10) and a semiconductor element (3) to a first wiring substrate (2), heat transfer via the connection terminals (8) to the first wiring substrate (2), and heat dissipation via the heat dissipating member (10) into the air, thereby enhancing a temperature reduction effect of the semiconductor element.

Abstract: When a service providing device which provides a service to a mobile communication terminal has entered a service stop state, a managing device connected to the service providing device instructs service providing devices other than the service providing device which has entered the service stop state, to release a resource of a mobile communication terminal to which a service has been provided by the service providing device which has entered the service stop state.

Abstract: A stacked semiconductor device includes a plurality of first electrodes provided on a first printed wiring board and columnar electrodes provided on the first electrodes. The stacked semiconductor device also includes a plurality of second electrodes provided on a second printed wiring board and a plurality of solder electrodes. The columnar electrodes are formed of a material having a melting point higher than that of the solder electrodes, and the height of the columnar electrodes is set to increase as a distance between the first electrodes and the solder electrodes increases. This avoids connection failure without reducing joinability between two stacked semiconductor devices.

Abstract: An exhaust apparatus includes an exhaust pipe passing under the front floor and rear floor and extending toward the rear of the vehicle. A noise eliminator is arranged under the rear floor and a fuel tank is arranged in a side portion in the vehicle width direction of the noise eliminator. A portion of the exhaust pipe on the front side of the front floor and a portion on the rear side of the noise eliminator are elastically mounted to the vehicle body. The exhaust pipe and a portion on the side opposite to the side of the fuel tank at a lower surface portion of the front floor are coupled by a metal wire having slack in an intermediate portion therebetween. In a side impact to the vehicle body, the fuel tank and noise eliminator do not interfere with each other.