Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus that includes a printing unit, a conveyance belt that is stretched over a first roller and a second roller such that a tension is applied to the conveyance belt, and a control unit configured to perform on the conveyance belt a forward rotation operation configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction and a reverse rotation operation configured to convey the medium in a reverse conveyance direction. When the reverse rotation operation has been performed during a print pause period and the tension at the end of the print pause period has changed from the tension when printing of a first image is complete due to the reverse rotation operation performed during the print pause period, the control unit corrects a rotation amount of the conveyance belt in a first rotation direction during printing of a second image.

Abstract: A seat (1) comprises: a seat member (3(2)) that includes a cushioning material (4); and a fastening member (5) that allows a trim cover (7) to be detachably attached to a predetermined position on the seat member (3). The fastening member (5) is constituted by a slide fastener that includes: a fastener part (51) constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512); and a slider part. At least part of a base part (6) provided in the one fastener half (511) is embedded in the cushioning material (4), and part of the other fastener half (512) is fixed to the trim cover (7).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a core shell particle having high luminous efficacy and a narrow emission half-width; a method of producing the same; and a film formed of the core shell particle. The core shell particle of the present invention includes: a core which contains a Group III element and a Group V element; a first shell which covers at least a part of a surface of the core; a second shell which covers at least a part of the first shell; and a coordination molecule in at least a part of an outermost surface, in which at least oxygen is detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, and a molar ratio of the oxygen to the Group III element contained in the core, which is acquired by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, is 6.1 or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a core shell particle having high luminous efficacy and a narrow emission half-width; a method of producing the same; and a film formed of the core shell particle. The core shell particle of the present invention includes: a core which contains a Group III element and a Group V element; a first shell which covers at least a part of a surface of the core; a second shell which covers at least a part of the first shell; and a coordination molecule in at least a part of an outermost surface, in which at least silicon is detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, and a molar ratio of the silicon to the Group III element contained in the core, which is acquired by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, is 3.1 or less.

Abstract: A game apparatus includes an input-output processor, and by following an instruction from the input-output processor, messages are transmitted and received with other game apparatus 12 connected via a network. The messages are transmitted and received in an electronic mail format, and has identification information of an application being a creation source of the message as well as general information, such as a transmission source, a destination and a subject as header information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spacer for radiotherapy that can be easily compressed into a reduced thickness, and has a high capacity to reconstitute itself from a compressed state back to its initial thickness after removal of external force. The spacer for radiotherapy is a flexible structure having front and back main faces and thickness therebetween, and composed of strands of biocompatible and biodegradable synthetic fibers, wherein the spacer consists of (a) a pair of main face portions opposing each other with a gap therebetween and respectively defining the main faces of the structure, and (b) a linker portion linking between the pair of main face portions, (c) wherein the main face portions comprise a knitted-fabric structure or a weave structure made of the strands, and (d) wherein the linker portion is composed as a collection of linker strands formed of the said strands and respectively extending in the thickness direction of the spacer and linking the pair of main face portions with each other.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor nanoparticle-containing dispersion liquid having high initial luminous efficacy and exhibiting excellent moisture resistance; and a film produced using the dispersion liquid. The semiconductor nanoparticle-containing dispersion liquid of the present invention contains semiconductor nanoparticles from which zinc, sulfur, and indium are detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; and acrylate or methacrylate, in which a molar ratio of zinc to indium in the semiconductor nanoparticles which is acquired by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy satisfies Expression (1a). 2.

Abstract: A steering wheel includes: a cylindrical slider which is disposed on an outer side of a support member so as to slide in a front-to-rear direction and which is biased to the rear; a cap member which covers at least respective rear end portions of the support member and the slider from the rear; a movable-side contact portion which is provided inside the cap member; an annular damper holder which is mounted inside the cap member; an annular elastic member which is interposed between the slider and the damper holder; a transmitting portion which is provided in an inner circumferential portion of the damper holder; and a movement catch portion which is provided on an outer circumferential portion of the slider so as to be positioned immediately before the transmitting portion and to which a forward movement of the damper holder is transmitted through the transmitting portion.

Abstract: A hooking structure includes a fastening member that is configured from an open-type slide fastener and is not stitched to a base trim cover, and a plastic fixing member for fixing one fastener half part to a seat member in a groove part formed in a seat member and used for hooking. The fastening member is provided with a locked part, the fixing member is provided with a flexible locking part that locks with the locked part, and the other fastener half part and a dressing cover are anchored together by an anchoring part.

Abstract: A silicone-modified epoxy resin composition that offers a cured product excellent in low permeability to gas, mechanical strength, and heat resistance and transparency and further offers an optical semiconductor sealing material excellent in heat cycle resistance, and a cured epoxy resin product obtained by curing the composition. The epoxy resin composition comprises the following components (A) to (C): (A) a silicone-modified epoxy resin having a cyclic siloxane structure, (B) a silicone-modified epoxy resin having a branched siloxane structure, and (C) an epoxy resin curing agent containing a polyvalent carboxylic acid having a tricyclodecane structure and a carboxylic anhydride compound.

Abstract: A method of testing dynamic performances for a slider body of a thermally-assisted magnetic head includes: providing a slider body which is disconnected with a light source unit; removably mounting the slider body to a test head suspension assembly; keeping to provide a flat top beam to the slider body, the flat top beam being aligned with the optical waveguide, and a projection of an incident end of the optical waveguide being located within a light spot of the flat top beam; and testing the dynamic performance of the slider body. It can save the material cost and labor cost, and eliminate a precise optical alignment between an input light and an optical waveguide in the slider body to improve testing efficiency.

Abstract: [Object] The present technique relates to an image pickup device, a control method, and an image pickup apparatus with which more diverse pickup images can be obtained. [Solving Means] An image pickup device according to the present technique includes: a pixel array that reads out pixel signals obtained by photoelectrically converting incident light, from each of a plurality of pixels in the pixel array; an analog processing unit that carries out signal processing on the analog pixel signals to obtain digital image data; a storage unit that stores the image data; a signal processing unit that carries out signal processing on the image data stored in the storage unit; an output unit that outputs the image data stored in the storage unit; and a control unit that causes reading processing, analog processing, digital processing, and output processing to be executed at processing speeds independent from one another.

Abstract: A game apparatus includes an input-output processor, and by following an instruction from the input-output processor, messages are transmitted and received with other game apparatus 12 connected via a network. The messages are transmitted and received in an electronic mail format, and has identification information of an application being a creation source of the message as well as general information, such as a transmission source, a destination and a subject as header information.

Abstract: A seat hooking structure (10) which supports by hooking a changeable cover (7) so as to be detachably attached to a seat member provided with a base trim cover (6), the seat hooking structure (10) comprising: an open-type fastening member (5) which is not sewn to the base trim cover (6), the fastening member (5) including a fastener part constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512), and a slider part that slides along the fastener part so as to open and close the one fastener half (511) and the other fastener half (512); and an anchoring member (18) which anchors the one fastener half (511) to the seat member in a groove for hooking (11). The other fastener half (512) and the changeable cover (7) are secured to each other by a securing part (74).

Abstract: A hooking structure includes a fastening member that is configured from an open-type slide fastener and is not stitched to a base trim cover, and a plastic fixing member for fixing one fastener half part to a seat member in a groove part formed in a seat member and used for hooking. The fastening member is provided with a locked part, the fixing member is provided with a flexible locking part that locks with the locked part, and the other fastener half part and a dressing cover are anchored together by an anchoring part.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a recording section including a plurality of ink heads configured to discharge, ink, a first reaction solution head, and a second reaction solution head configured to discharge the reaction solution, a driving section configured to drive the recording section, and a controller configured to execute causing the driving section to move the recording section in a first direction, causing the plurality of ink heads to discharge the ink, and causing the first reaction solution head and the second reaction solution head to discharge the reaction solution. The plurality of ink heads are arranged in the first direction. The first reaction solution head is located downstream in the first direction of an ink head located most downstream in the first direction. The second reaction solution head is located between two ink heads located adjacent to each other in the first direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reaction liquid application portion that applies reaction liquid to a recording medium, an ink application portion that applies ink which includes a color material that is coagulated using the reaction liquid onto the recording medium onto which the reaction liquid is applied, and a control portion that adjusts an amount per unit area of the reaction liquid that is applied to the recording medium from the reaction liquid application portion according to infiltration into the recording medium.

Abstract: A method of testing dynamic performances for a slider body of a thermally-assisted magnetic head includes: providing a slider body which is disconnected with a light source unit; removably mounting the slider body to a test head suspension assembly; keeping to provide a flat top beam to the slider body, the flat top beam being aligned with the optical waveguide, and a projection of an incident end of the optical waveguide being located within a light spot of the flat top beam; and testing the dynamic performance of the slider body. It can save the material cost and labor cost, and eliminate a precise optical alignment between an input light and an optical waveguide in the slider body to improve testing efficiency.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor nanoparticle having an excellent durability, and a dispersion liquid and a film, each of which uses the semiconductor nanoparticle. The semiconductor nanoparticle according to the present invention includes a core containing a Group III element and a Group V element, in which the nanoparticle contains carbon, oxygen, and sulfur, as detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, has peak A located at 2800 cm?1 to 3000 cm?1, peak B located at 1000 cm?1 to 1200 cm?1, and peak C located at 2450 cm?1 to 2650 cm?1, as detected by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and contains a ligand having two or more mercapto groups.

Abstract: A location information acquisition unit (25) acquires location information for pointing a current location. A first transmission unit (21) sends, via a network to a management device (100), access request information used for requesting access to information acquisition units (23), (24), attached with the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit (25). A first reception unit (22) receives, from the management device (100) via the network, access permission information or access prohibition information in response to the access request information. A control unit (20) leaves the information acquisition units (23), (24) prohibited to operate, if the access permission information has not been received yet by the first reception unit (22), and controls the information acquisition units (23), (24) to operate only for a predetermined duration to acquire information, upon reception of the access permission information by the first reception unit (22).