Abstract: A touch sensor includes a contact sensor and a pressure sensor. The contact sensor includes a first electrode and a first switching element connected to the first electrode, and detects a change in an electric potential when an object contacts a surface. The pressure sensor includes a second electrode and a second switching element connected to the second electrode, and detects a change in a pressure when an object depresses the surface. The touch sensor includes a plurality of the contact sensors and a plurality of the pressure sensors disposed regularly in an array.

Abstract: To provide a solid electrolytic capacitor having a high capacitance and an excellent heat resistance. A solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode 2; a dielectric layer 3 provided on the surface of the anode 2; a first conductive polymer layer 4a provided on the dielectric layer 3; a second conductive polymer layer 4b provided on the first conductive polymer layer 4a; a third conductive polymer layer 4c provided on the second conductive polymer layer 4b; and a cathode layer provided on the third conductive polymer layer 4c, wherein the first conductive polymer layer 4a is made of a conductive polymer film formed by polymerizing pyrrole or a derivative thereof, the second conductive polymer layer 4b is made of a conductive polymer film formed by polymerizing thiophene or a derivative thereof, and the third conductive polymer layer 4c is made of a conductive polymer film formed by electropolymerizing pyrrole or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to supramolecular bioconjugates and to methods for assembling and utilizing supramolecular bioconjugates. Supramolecular bioconjugates comprise a plurality of first nucleic acids and a plurality of mediators wherein each mediator comprises a second nucleic acid complementary to a sequence within said plurality of first nucleic acids. To assemble a supramolecular bioconjugate, one or more sets of bioreactive agents are coupled to the plurality of mediators, forming a plurality of bioreactive complexes. The plurality of bioreactive complexes are hybridized to the plurality of first nucleic acids to form the supramolecular bioconjugate. Bioconjugates can be used to detect and isolate targets, to screen samples for targets such as antigens, to treat patients with multiple agents or to diagnose disorders in the form of a kit.

Abstract: The heating device includes plural heaters to heat fixing members; a power supplying device to supply power to the plural heaters; and a controller. The controller determines heater activation priority order for the heaters every control cycle, and allows the power supplying device to supply power to one of the heaters according to the heater activation priority order. When the controller judges that it is necessary to activate two or more of the heaters in a control cycle, the controller allows the power supplying device to supply power to one of the heaters having the highest rank in the heater activation priority order among the two or more of the heaters. The controller changes the heater activation priority order by according the lowest rank to the heater activated in the last control cycle while maintaining the rank relationship among the others of the heaters.

Abstract: To provide a conductive polymer film and to improve the conductivity of the conductive polymer film used in an electronic device such as a solid electrolytic capacitor, the conductive polymer film is a conductive polymer film formed by using a polymerization liquid containing a monomer for a conductive polymer, an oxidant, and an additive. A salt formed of a dopant and a basic substance is used as the additive.

Abstract: The search method includes: receiving a search request including plural search conditions; separating the plural search conditions into search conditions for individual databases; storing, for each database, the search condition and the database identifier in a condition record; searching a search result management table by the database identifier and the search condition; determining anterior search databases; searching each of the anterior search databases by the search condition to acquire a first search result; determining common entity identifiers included in common in the first search results; and searching each of posterior search databases by the common entity identifiers and the search condition.

Abstract: An organic semiconductor material comprising an amine unit having a secondary or tertiary amine structure and a thiophene unit having a thiophene ring structure and preferably the amine unit has the following structure: wherein R1, R2, and R3 independently represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted alkoxy group, an optionally substituted ether group, or an optionally substituted aryl group and may be same or different from each other.

Abstract: A conductive polymer film obtained by using a polymerization liquid containing a monomer for a conductive polymer, an oxidizing agent, and an additive having a phosphonic acid group and an organic group or a polymerization liquid containing a monomer for a conductive polymer, an oxidizing agent, a basic first additive, and an acidic second additive to polymerize the monomer for the conductive polymer on a substrate, and an electronic device using the conductive polymer film.

Abstract: A load distribution apparatus includes: a control unit that refers to a load information storage unit that stores load values of a plurality of information processing apparatuses, selects an information processing apparatus with the load value smaller than a predetermined threshold from the plurality of information processing apparatuses, and determines the information processing apparatus with the load value smaller than a predetermined threshold as an allocation destination of processing requests until the load value of the information processing apparatus reaches the predetermined threshold; and a transmitting unit that transmits the processing requests to the allocation destination determined by the control unit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of forming a conductive pattern including the steps of a) printing a conductive pattern onto a surface of a base material having a liquid repellent property, b) providing a lyophilic property to a predetermined area of the surface of the base material which area does not have the conductive pattern printed thereon, and c) forming an insulating layer that covers the conductive pattern.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprises a plurality of stacked layers of polymeric materials soluble in an organic solvent. As a polymeric material forming a lower layer, a polymeric material is selected having a molecular weight greater than the molecular weight of a polymeric material of a layer to be formed on the lower layer. As an organic solvent for dissolving the polymeric material forming the lower layer, an organic solvent is selected having a dielectric constant greater than the dielectric constant of an organic solvent for dissolving the polymeric material forming an upper layer. With a light emitting layer being the lower layer and an electron transport layer being the upper layer, it is preferable that the electron transport layer includes a polymeric material having hole blocking property.

Abstract: A wireless terminal device includes: a receiving section for receiving information on a distance from a range covered by a connectable access point from another wireless terminal device; a search time determination section for determining a time to start searching for the access point based on the information on the distance received by the receiving section; and a search section for sleeping until the time determined by the search time determination section, and starting to search for the connectable access point at the determined time.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode composed of a valve metal or its alloy, a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode, a coupling agent layer formed by subjecting the dielectric layer to a surface treatment with a coupling agent having a phosphonic acid group, a conductive polymer layer formed on the coupling agent layer, and a cathode layer formed on the conductive polymer layer.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes two AC power input cords to be connected to an AC power source. The image forming apparatus can detect if at least one of the two AC power input cords is not connected to the AC power source. An input voltage detector or a zero-cross signal detector receives an input from the one AC input power cord, and detects a voltage state of connection to the AC power input cord. A controller utilizes signals from the input voltage detector or zero-cross signal detector to detect whether the one AC input power cord is connected to the AC power source. An operator can also be provided an indication if it is determined that the one AC power input cord is not connected to the AC power source.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes: a package base having recesses which are open in a light irradiating direction; a plurality of light emitting elements arranged on bottoms of the recesses and emitting light having different colors; first light transmitting resin extending over the light emitting elements on the bottoms of the recesses and containing a fluorescent substance; and second light transmitting resin extending over the first transmitting resin in the recesses and oriented toward openings of the recesses, containing a fewer fluorescent substance than the fluorescent substance of the first light transmitting resin, and being thicker than the first light transmitting resin.

Abstract: A second press 10 irons a plate-like steel plate W. This second press 10 comprises a base block 22 for supporting the lower surface of the steel plate W, a rod 11 disposed on the upper surface of the steel plate W, an upper die 30 including a guide rail 24, a first cam 25 and a second cam 34 and a lifting mechanism 40 for moving the rod 11 along the surface of the steel plate W. The base block 22 regulates the movement of the rod 11 in a thickness direction of the steel plate W by contacting the upper surface of the rod 11 over the movement range of the ironing member in the surface direction of the steel plate W.

Abstract: A connecting destination server switch control method for switching a server and the connecting destination of the server is provided, the method realizing a larger-scaled network system by distributing a load to each cache server, thus reducing the total load and dynamically modifying a logical network according to the load of each cache server even when there is a plurality of content servers that are content distributors. In a situation where cache servers whose management sources differ are connected in many steps, the total load caused by content acquisition can be reduced by modifying the content acquisition source server of a cache server for each piece of content.

Abstract: The invention relates to supramolecular bioconjugates and to methods for assembling and utilizing supramolecular bioconjugates. Supramolecular bioconjugates comprise a plurality of first nucleic acids and a plurality of mediators wherein each mediator comprises a second nucleic acid complementary to a sequence within said plurality of first nucleic acids. To assemble a supramolecular bioconjugate, one or more sets of bioreactive agents are coupled to the plurality of mediators, forming a plurality of bioreactive complexes The plurality of bioreactive complexes are hybridized to the plurality of first nucleic acids to form the supramolecular bioconjugate. Bioconjugates can be used to detect and isolate targets, to screen samples for targets such as antigens, to treat patients with multiple agents or to diagnose disorders in the form of a kit.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes: a base portion having a concave portion formed in one of major surfaces thereof; and a light emitting element mounted on a bottom surface of the concave portion of the base portion. The base portion comprises a side wall portion that surrounds the light emitting element. The light emitting element is covered with a resin portion filled in the concave portion. At least a part of an upper surface of the resin portion is positioned closer to the bottom surface of the concave portion than an upper surface of the side wall portion.

Abstract: A receiving terminal device which provides viewers with broadcasting radio waves from broadcasting stations as programs and in which, when a program switching is executed while a first program is being provided and a program is switched to a second program, the second program is provided and video recording of the first program is started, and when the program is switched back to the first program after the program is switched to the second program, the recorded first program is provided. Then, the receiving terminal device, when the first program is selected again, executes catch-up reproduction of the recorded first program in the manner that the position of recording and reproducing the first program catch up with a position in which the first program is being broadcast by the broadcasting station. Thus, even in case that a switching of a program selection is executed, a broadcasting service without failure of program contents viewing can be realized.