Abstract: The present invention provides a oxazole compound represented by Formula (1), or a salt thereof: wherein R1 is an aryl group which may have one or more substituents; R2 is an aryl group or a nitrogen atom-containing heterocyclic group each of which may have one or more substituents; and W is a divalent group represented by —Y1-A1- or —Y2—C(?O)— wherein Y1 is a group such as —C(?O)—, A1 is a group such as a lower alkylene group, and Y2 is a group such as a piperazinediyl group. The oxazole compound has a specific inhibitory action against phosphodiesterase 4.

Abstract: An auxiliary power supply unit includes an auxiliary power supply device and a downstream power supply line group connecting the auxiliary power supply device to motor units. The auxiliary power supply device includes: an auxiliary power supply provided on a power supply path; and a switching circuit configured to switch the connection state of the auxiliary power supply to the power supply path. The connection state of the auxiliary power supply includes a boost state in which the auxiliary power supply is connected in series with the external power supply. The downstream power supply line group includes branch first downstream drive lines and branch second downstream drive lines. Each of the upstream ends of the branch first downstream drive lines and the branch second downstream drive lines is connected to the power supply path at a position downstream of the auxiliary power supply.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms an image on a document; a first ejection section that ejects the document on which the image has been formed; an exterior portion which is movable and a part of which constitutes an exterior of the apparatus; an entrance portion that is exposed by movement of the exterior portion and that constitutes an entrance for the document to be transported to an image reading section that reads the image formed on the document; the image reading section that reads the image formed on the document transported after the entrance portion is exposed; and a second ejection section that ejects the document which has been read by the image reading section. An ejecting direction of the first ejection section, an ejecting direction of the second ejection section, and a moving direction of the exterior portion coincide with each other.

Abstract: A method for treating a specimen in soluble GPC3 immunoassay, the method including mixing a soluble GPC3-containing specimen with a reducing agent. A soluble GPC3 immunoassay method including the following (a) and (b): (a) mixing a soluble GPC3-containing specimen with a reducing agent; and (b) measuring the amount of soluble GPC3 in the mixture obtained in (a) using one or more kinds of antibodies against soluble GPC3. A soluble GPC3 immunoassay reagent including the following (a) and (b): (a) a reducing agent; and (b) one or more kinds of antibodies against soluble GPC3.

Abstract: A food alternative to fish meat is provided using a textured plant protein material. The food alternative to fish meat can be prepared by binding a textured plant protein material with a binding dough, and frying this. The textured plant protein material has a crude protein content of 60 wt. % or more in a dried material. The binding dough has a gel strength after gelation (a breaking load measured using a wedge-shaped plunger with a sample having a ?3 cm cylindrical shape, a sample thickness of 1 cm, and a width of 30 mm at a speed of 1 mm/sec at room temperature) of 50 gf or higher and 800 gf or lower.

Abstract: The present invention provides a meat-like processed food product including a textured vegetable material as a substitute for meat, the meat-like processed food product comprising a dough prepared from an oil-in-water emulsion gel containing methyl cellulose, ensuring high yield during heating, and having a good meat-like texture. In this invention, a meat-like processed food product free of animal raw materials can be manufactured by the steps of: (A) preparing an oil-in-water emulsion containing at least an oil/fat, methyl cellulose, and water; (B) preparing a dough by mixing the emulsion prepared in (A) with a textured vegetable material, insoluble dietary fiber, and citrus fiber; and (C) forming and then heating the dough prepared in (B) into a meat-like processed food product. The insoluble dietary fiber preferably has an average fiber length of 20-300 ?m, and is further preferably bamboo fiber.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image onto a recording medium; an image reading unit that is disposed above the image forming unit in an up-down direction, transports a document, and reads an image formed on the document; a first output section that is provided in a connection section connecting the image forming unit and the image reading unit to each other in the up-down direction and to which the document read by the image reading unit and transported in a width direction of the image forming unit is output; a second output section that is provided below the first output section in the connection section and to which the recording medium having the image formed thereon by the image forming unit is output; and a rotating member that serves as a front portion of the first output section in a depth direction of the image forming unit, is rotatable by a rotating shaft disposed at an upstream side in an output direction of the document, and switches between an output pos

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a scanning means provided with a light source, a polygon mirror and a driving means for driving rotation of the polygon mirror; a photosensitive member, a developing means, and a detecting means for detecting a laser light from the light source. A controller controls to execute a light emission operation so that an area including an image forming area of the photosensitive member is irradiated with the laser light. The controller controls to execute a switching operation in which a rotational speed of the polygon mirror is switched from a first speed to a second speed different from the first speed. The controller controls to execute the light emission operation in a state in which the photosensitive member and the developing means are in contact and are rotating, and to execute the switching operation based on a detecting result of the detecting means in the light emission operation.

Abstract: A transport device includes: a container portion that accommodates a transportable member; a receiving portion disposed above or below the container portion to at least partially overlap the container portion in a plan view, to receive the transportable member; a transport path along which the transportable member accommodated in the container portion is transported to the receiving portion; a first enlargement portion disposed at the container portion, the first enlargement portion moving in a direction opposite to a transport direction in which the transportable member is transported from the container portion to the transport path to enlarge a container area in the container portion for receiving the transportable member; and a second enlargement portion disposed at the receiving portion, the second enlargement portion moving in the opposite direction in conjunction with a movement of the first enlargement portion in the opposite direction to enlarge a container area in the receiving portion for receiving

Abstract: A document reading device includes: a device body; a transport path that is provided in the device body and through which a document is transported; a reading unit that is provided in the device body, has a reading surface, and reads an image of a document transported through the transport path; a moving part that is provided in the device body and is capable of being moved to a covering position at which the moving part covers the reading surface and to an exposing position at which the moving part exposes the reading surface; a first opening and closing part that is provided on the device body so as to be opened and closed and opens the transport path, at a first opening position; and a second opening and closing part that is provided beside the device body so as to be opened and closed or so as to be removable and mountable and exposes the moving part, at a second opening position or a removal position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing member, a controller configured to carry out switching control between a first state in which the developing member is caused to act on the image bearing member and a second state in which the developing member is not caused to act on the image bearing member, a transfer member, and a detector configured to read density information of the recording material. The controller detects a fog density on the basis of a difference in density information between a fog non-occurrence region of a non-image region of the recording material in the second state and a fog occurable region of the non-image region of the recording material in the first state.

Abstract: An image reading device includes a housing that includes a transport path along which a document is transported, an opening and closing member that is attached to the housing in such a manner as to be openable and closable, a reading unit that is disposed in such a manner as to be positioned between the transport path and the opening and closing member and that reads an image from the document, which is transported along the transport path, and an opposing member that is disposed in such a manner as to be opposed to the reading unit with the transport path interposed between the opposing member and the reading unit and that is moved away from the reading unit in conjunction with an opening operation of the opening and closing member.

Abstract: An order information recording unit records information on an order for a patient. An arrival state recording unit records an arrival state that indicates whether or not a patient has arrived, in association with an order for the patient. An accepting unit accepts patient identification information entered into a portable terminal device. An order retrieval unit retrieves an order related to the patient identification information accepted by the accepting unit. A decision processing unit decides to display an entry screen for medical interview information when the arrival state associated with an order related to the patient identification information indicates that the patient has arrived. A display processing unit displays the entry screen for the medical interview information on the portable terminal device, in response to the decision made by the decision processing unit.

Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes an exterior member that corresponds to an exterior portion of the multifunction peripheral and that differs from an input unit that inputs an instruction for a program, a reception unit that receives an instruction for performing a process that involves an operation of the exterior member, and a notification unit that notifies a user of a position on the exterior member to be operated by the user of the multifunction peripheral when the process is performed in a case where the reception unit receives the instruction for performance.

Abstract: A cylindrical body includes a cylindrical member, made by forming a metal plate into a cylindrical shape such that the two end faces of the metal plate face each other, and a nonmetallic adhesive member bonding the two end faces together. The two end faces each include an adhesive part, and the adhesive member is disposed between the adhesive parts of the end faces. The adhesive part of one end face is not parallel to the adhesive part of the other end face. Each end face also includes a contact part which is in contact with the contact part of the other end face.

Abstract: A communication device (100) that operates as a management node in a first zone being a management domain on a network, the communication device (100) including: a communication unit (110) that executes communication with another node; and a control unit (130) that controls communication executed by the communication unit (110), in which the control unit (130) operates such that, when having received, from a user, a request regarding an application that chains one or more application functions (AFs) to act on a packet flowing in the network, the control unit (130) acquires information regarding the application from a second zone being a management domain other than the first zone, and then calculates a deployment destination of the AFs in the network including the first zone and the second zone based on the information.

Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes an exterior member that corresponds to an exterior portion of the multifunction peripheral and that differs from an input unit that inputs an instruction for a program, a reception unit that receives an instruction for performing a process that involves an operation of the exterior member, and a notification unit that notifies a user of a position on the exterior member to be operated by the user of the multifunction peripheral when the process is performed in a case where the reception unit receives the instruction for performance.

Abstract: A driving device includes: a frame disposed in the driving device to support a driven unit driven by the driving device, the frame including a first portion, a distance from which to an outer wall of an accommodation device that accommodates the driving device is shorter, and a second portion, a distance from which to the outer wall is longer than the distance from the first portion to the outer wall; and a driving unit disposed between the second portion and the outer wall, at least a part of the driving unit being away from the outer wall by the distance between the first portion and the outer wall or more.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading member that reads an image of a document that is transported, a discharge portion onto which the document that is read by the reading member is discharged, a placement portion that is installed above the discharge portion, an object being placed on the placement portion such that at least a part of an upper surface of the reading member is covered, and an image capturing member that is installed above the placement portion and that captures an image of the object that is placed on the placement portion.

Abstract: A sheet containing apparatus includes a first container unit that contains a sheet having a first size and that tilts with respect to a horizontal direction such that a first end and a second end in a width direction of the apparatus are located at different heights with the first container unit installed in a sheet containing apparatus body when viewed in a first direction, and a covering portion that is movable to a covering position at which the covering portion covers at least a part of the first container unit in the first direction and an open position at which the covering portion uncovers the first container unit in the first direction. When viewed in the first direction, a tilting division line is adjacent to the first container unit and tilts with respect to the horizontal direction, and at least a whole of the tilting division line is covered by the single covering portion in the first direction with the covering portion positioned at the covering position.