Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a voltage applying unit that applies a bias voltage for enabling a transfer unit to transfer a developer layer to a transfer medium, the developer layer being retained by an image carrier in accordance with image information; a measuring unit that measures a surface potential of the developer layer; and a setting unit that sets a value of the bias voltage to be applied by the voltage applying unit in accordance with the surface potential measured by the measuring unit, a combined electrostatic capacitance of a surface layer of the image carrier and the developer layer, and an electrostatic capacitance specific to the transfer medium.

Abstract: A scattering absorber measurement device includes a light source for outputting a plurality of light pulses having different wavelengths input to a scattering absorber, a photodetector for detecting each light pulse propagating inside the scattering absorber and output a detection signal, and a computation unit for calculating a reduced scattering coefficient and an absorption coefficient according to a time-resolved spectroscopic measurement method on the basis of the detection signal. The computation unit determines data related to a ratio of reduced scattering coefficients among wavelengths of the plurality of light pulses and calculates the reduced scattering coefficient and the absorption coefficient on the basis of a time-resolved measurement profile of each wavelength based on the detection signal and the data related to the ratio.

Abstract: A storage system includes a first storage control device including a first memory being a volatile memory and a first processor, and a second storage control device including a second memory being a non-volatile memory and a second processor, wherein the second processor is configured to receive a first write request to write first data into a first storage device, store the first data into the second memory, and transmit the first data to the first storage control device, the first processor is configured to store the first data into the first memory, and transmit a first notification to the second storage control device, and the second processor is configured to receive the first notification, transmit a first completion notification in response to the first write request, and execute processing to write the first data, stored in the second memory, into the first storage device.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a first holding member that is rotated and holds a liquid developer including a volatile carrier liquid, a first cleaning member that is able to come into contact with or separated from the first holding member and cleans a surface of the first holding member by being in contact with the first holding member, a supplying device that supplies a volatile washing liquid to the first holding member at an upstream side of the first cleaning member in a rotation direction of the first holding member, and a switching mechanism that switches a first state in which the first cleaning member is in contact with the first holding member that is rotated to a second state in which the first cleaning member is separated from the first holding member that is rotated to apply the washing liquid to the first holding member.

Abstract: A mammography device is disclosed. The mammography device includes a container configured to surround the breast and a plurality of optical fibers attached to be directed inward in the container and configured to perform radiation and detection of light. The container has a base member having an opening, a plurality of annular members continuously disposed to come in communication with the opening, and a bottom member disposed inside the annular member spaced the farthest distance from the base member. The annular members and the bottom member are configured to relatively displace the adjacent annular member on the side of the base member or the base member in a communication direction. Some of the plurality of optical fibers is attached to the plurality of annular members.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid developer supply device including a supply roller that rotates and holds liquid developer in a recessed portion formed in an outer circumferential surface to supply the liquid developer to a receiving member, a liquid developer supply unit that supplies liquid developer between a seal member which is in contact with the supply roller on an upstream side in a rotating direction and a regulation member which is in contact with the supply roller on a downstream side, and that forms a liquid developer reservoir, and a supply unit that supplies a cleaning liquid to a contact portion from an upstream side of the contact portion between the supply roller and the seal member, in the rotating direction of the supply roller, such that the cleaning liquid flows down along the seal member due to gravity.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a first holding member that is rotated and holds a liquid developer including a volatile carrier liquid, a first cleaning member that is able to come into contact with or separated from the first holding member and cleans a surface of the first holding member by being in contact with the first holding member, a supplying device that supplies a volatile washing liquid to the first holding member at an upstream side of the first cleaning member in a rotation direction of the first holding member, and a switching mechanism that switches a first state in which the first cleaning member is in contact with the first holding member that is rotated to a second state in which the first cleaning member is separated from the first holding member that is rotated to apply the washing liquid to the first holding member.

Abstract: An accumulation removal device includes a cleaning blade, a fluid supply device, and an instruction device. The cleaning blade is disposed so as to be in contact with a surface of an image holding member and cleans the surface of the image holding member after an image forming process has been performed. The fluid supply device supplies a fluid which contains solid particles to a position where the cleaning blade is disposed. The instruction device issues an instruction to cause the fluid supply device to supply the fluid at predetermined timing.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid developer supply device including a supply roller that rotates and holds liquid developer in a recessed portion formed in an outer circumferential surface to supply the liquid developer to a receiving member, a liquid developer supply unit that supplies liquid developer between a seal member which is in contact with the supply roller on an upstream side in a rotating direction and a regulation member which is in contact with the supply roller on a downstream side, and that forms a liquid developer reservoir, and a supply unit that supplies a cleaning liquid to a contact portion from an upstream side of the contact portion between the supply roller and the seal member, in the rotating direction of the supply roller, such that the cleaning liquid flows down along the seal member due to gravity.

Abstract: Provided is a resin material having non-ohmic properties which has favorable characteristics as a varistor and has a high degree of molding freedom and impact resistance. A resin material 10 comprises: an insulating matrix 11 made of a first resin material; an island-form conductive dispersed phase 12 made of a conductive second resin material which is incompatible with the first resin material and is more wettable to a microvaristor 13 described later than the first resin material is, wherein the island-form conductive dispersed phase is dispersed in an island form in the matrix and has a volume ratio of less than 16% in the whole resin material; and a microvaristor 13 comprising ceramic particles having non-ohmic properties, wherein the ceramic particles are dispersed in the matrix 11 and electrically contacted with each other via the island-form conductive dispersed phase 12.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a plate-shaped scraping member that scrapes a liquid developer which remains on an outer circumferential surface of a holding member by contacting an edge portion with the outer circumferential surface, a first collecting member that collects the liquid developer scraped by the scraping member, and a second collecting member that collects the liquid developer which passes through the scraping member, is attached to an under surface of the scraping member, and falls.

Abstract: A liquid supply device includes a reservoir that stores a liquid developer, a rotating supply member that holds a portion of the liquid developer in the reservoir in concave sections formed in a surface, and supplies the liquid developer to a target supply member, and a regulating member having an edge portion which is positioned on a lower side in a gravitational direction than a liquid surface of the liquid developer stored in the reservoir, and a lower surface of the regulating member contacts with the liquid developer in the reservoir, the regulating member regulating an amount of a liquid developer held on a surface of the rotating supply member by contacting with the rotating supply member at a position where a surface of the rotating supply member moves from a lower side to an upper side in the gravitational direction.

Abstract: A storage apparatus includes a relay device; a connection device coupled to the relay device through a bus; and a plurality of target devices coupled to the connection device, wherein the connection device is configured to: switch an operation mode of the relay device to a first mode to activate a path between the relay device and the one target device, when communication is performed between the connection device and one of the plurality of target devices, and switch the operation mode of the relay device to a second mode to activate paths between the relay device and the two or more target devices, when communication is simultaneously performed between the connection device and two or more of the plurality of target devices.

Abstract: Light irradiates one light incident position on the surface of a scattering-absorption body. The light that propagates through the interior of the scattering-absorption body is detected at one light detecting position on the surface of the scattering-absorption body. On the basis of a light detection signal, a temporal profile of the light intensity of the detected light is acquired, and on the basis of the temporal profile, an mean optical path length of the light in the interior of the scattering-absorption body and information relating to the amount of substance to be measured in a region to be measured are calculated. The information relating to the amount of substance to be measured is corrected on the basis of the mean optical path length, such that the longer the mean optical path length, the greater the amount of substance to be measured is.

Abstract: A liquid supply device includes a reservoir that stores a liquid developer, a rotating supply member that holds a portion of the liquid developer in the reservoir in concave sections formed in a surface, and supplies the liquid developer to a target supply member, and a regulating member having an edge portion which is positioned on a lower side in a gravitational direction than a liquid surface of the liquid developer stored in the reservoir, and a lower surface of the regulating member contacts with the liquid developer in the reservoir, the regulating member regulating an amount of a liquid developer held on a surface of the rotating supply member by contacting with the rotating supply member at a position where a surface of the rotating supply member moves from a lower side to an upper side in the gravitational direction.

Abstract: A breast measurement apparatus comprises a receptacle for surrounding a breast; a plurality of optical fibers for irradiating the breast with examination light and detecting transmitted scattered light from the breast; an inner image generation unit for generating an optical CT image concerning the breast according to a detection signal of the transmitted scattered light; an ultrasonic probe, arranged so as to face the inside of the receptacle, for scanning the breast with an ultrasonic wave and receiving a reflected wave from the breast; an image generation unit for generating an ultrasonic image concerning the breast according to the reflected wave; and a mechanism for injecting and discharging a liquid interface agent into and from the inside of the receptacle.

Abstract: A cleaning device includes a plate-shaped scraping member that scrapes a liquid developer which remains on an outer circumferential surface of a holding member by contacting an edge portion with the outer circumferential surface, a first collecting member that collects the liquid developer scraped by the scraping member, and a second collecting member that collects the liquid developer which passes through the scraping member, is attached to an under surface of the scraping member, and falls.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an interface, and a processor. The interface inputs and outputs data from and to a storage device that includes a plurality of memory blocks forming a plurality of RAID groups, and a backup block used as a backup of the plurality of memory blocks. The processor sets as read-out targets a plurality of memory cells included in each memory block. When a memory cell included in a faulty memory block becomes a read-out target, the processor excludes the memory cell that belongs to the RAID group, until restoration of the data of the faulty memory block and copying of the restored data to the backup block are completed. When the copying of the restored data is completed, the processor selects as read-out targets the memory cell that belongs to the RAID group that includes the faulty memory block and a memory cell in the backup block.

Abstract: Provided is a resin material having non-ohmic properties which has favorable characteristics as a varistor and has a high degree of molding freedom and impact resistance. A resin material 10 comprises: an insulating matrix 11 made of a first resin material; an island-form conductive dispersed phase 12 made of a conductive second resin material which is incompatible with the first resin material and is more wettable to a microvaristor 13 described later than the first resin material is, wherein the island-form conductive dispersed phase is dispersed in an island form in the matrix and has a volume ratio of less than 16% in the whole resin material; and a microvaristor 13 comprising ceramic particles having non-ohmic properties, wherein the ceramic particles are dispersed in the matrix 11 and electrically contacted with each other via the island-form conductive dispersed phase 12.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a storage apparatus including a plurality of solid state drives (SSDs) and a processor. The SSDs store data in a redundant manner. The processor controls a reading process of reading data from an SSD and a writing process of writing data into an SSD. The processor controls an internal process, which is performed during the writing process, to be performed in each of the SSDs when any one of the SSDs satisfies a predetermined condition.