Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an intermediary transfer belt, a primary transfer member, an electrode member, a first applying portion configured to apply, to the primary transfer member, a bias of a polarity opposite to a predetermined polarity, a second applying portion configured to apply, to the electrode member, a bias of the same polarity as the predetermined polarity, and a controller configured to control the second applying portion so as to change the bias applied to the electrode member on the basis of a kind of a recording material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.

Abstract: Provided is a wing structure comprising a wing body formed from fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP), and an erosion suppression layer provided so as to cover at least a portion of a front edge of the wing structure. The erosion suppression layer contains a thermal spraying layer configured so as to maintain, by having a prescribed surface roughness, a liquid film formed on the erosion suppression layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof, is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.

Abstract: A polybutylene terephthalate resin composition, comprising comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) containing a polybutylene terephthalate resin and, per 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (A), from 0 to 30 parts by mass of an elastomer (B), from 0.3 to 4 parts by mass of an epoxy compound (C), from 15 to 80 parts by mass of a reinforcing filler (D), and from 1 to 15 parts by mass of a masterbatch (E) containing a silicone compound with a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 80,000 and a thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the description, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber; a rotary table rotatably provided in the vacuum chamber; and a stage configured to rotate together with the rotary table. The rotary table has an opening provided at a position spaced apart from a rotation center of the rotary table. An inner surface of the opening is continuous with an upper surface and a lower surface of the rotary table. The stage is spaced apart from the inner surface of the opening by a clearance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the description, or a salt thereof has an orexin type 2 receptor agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of narcolepsy.

Abstract: In order to control radio communication with a terminal apparatus in accordance with a movement situation of the terminal apparatus, a radio control apparatus is configured to estimate a location of the terminal apparatus, estimate a type of the terminal apparatus, predict movement of the terminal apparatus based on the estimated location, predict a future location of the terminal apparatus, estimate, based on the estimated type, a reception level of a radio signal at the future location for each communication parameter, and determine the communication parameter to be used for the terminal apparatus at the future location, based on an estimation result of the reception level.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member, a charging member, a developing device, a blade, a detecting portion, and a controller. The controller causes the photosensitive member to rotate through one full circumference or more on the following conditions during a predetermined operation: (i) a voltage which is a discharge start voltage or more is applied to the charging member, and (ii) an operation condition of the developing device is a first condition on which an amount of fog toner deposited from the developer carrying member on the photosensitive member is less than an amount of the fog toner in a second condition which is an operation condition of the developing device during a sheet interval before the image formation during the continuous image formation is interrupted.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a rotary table rotatably provided in the vacuum chamber, a stage having a mounting surface on which a substrate is mounted at a position spaced apart from a rotation center of the rotary table, a lift pin configured to be displaced relative to the stage through a through-hole of the stage to raise and lower the substrate, and a gas suctioning section configured to apply a suction force to the substrate via the through-hole when the lift pin is being lowered. The stage includes a groove on the mounting surface, the groove communicating with the through-hole and extending from the through-hole toward a center of the stage.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a rotary table in the vacuum chamber, a stage, and a support that supports at least either the rotary table or stage, the support having a thermal expansion coefficient greater than the rotary table or stage that is supported. The rotary table or stage includes a protruding portion protruding toward the support. The support includes a base portion, an insertion portion protruding from a center of the base portion and being inserted into the protruding portion, and an outer edge protruding portion protruding from the base portion. An outer clearance formed between the outer edge protruding portion and the protruding portion is set to be smaller than an inner clearance formed between the insertion portion and the protruding portion at a first temperature, and the outer clearance becomes greater than the inner clearance at a second temperature higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a rotary table rotatably provided inside the processing chamber; a stage that is rotatable relative to the rotary table at a position spaced apart from a rotation center of the rotary table; a process gas supplier provided above the rotary table; a separation gas supplier to supply a separation gas to separation regions, each of the separation regions being adjacent to a processing region; and a gas exhauster including exhaust ports communicating with an inside of the processing chamber, wherein the exhaust ports are provided in the processing region between the separation regions and are provided above the rotary table.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member, a charging member, a developing device, a blade, a detecting portion, and a controller. The controller causes the photosensitive member to rotate through one full circumference or more on the following conditions during a predetermined operation: (i) a voltage which is a discharge start voltage or more is applied to the charging member, and (ii) an operation condition of the developing device is a first condition on which an amount of fog toner deposited from the developer carrying member on the photosensitive member is smaller than an amount of the fog toner on a second condition which is an operation condition of the developing device during a sheet interval before the image formation during the continuous image formation is interrupted.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a rotary table that is rotatably provided in the processing chamber; a heater provided below the rotary table; a partition, provided between the rotary table and the heater with a gap with respect to a lower surface of the rotary table, configured to partition the processing chamber into a first region in which the rotary table is provided and a second region in which the heater is provided; a first processing region in which a first processing gas is supplied to an upper surface of the rotary table; a second processing region in which a second processing gas is supplied to the upper surface of the rotary table; and a separation region in which a separation gas for separating the first and second processing gas is supplied to the upper surface of the rotary table.

Abstract: A cleaning process (blasted-particles cleaning process) includes performing, a plural number of consecutive cycles, an ultrasonic cleaning treatment including immersing a turbine rotor blade in a water basin and conducting an ultrasonic wave into the water basin to clean the turbine rotor blade, and a pressurized-water cleaning treatment including spraying pressurized water into an internal cooling flow channel after the ultrasonic cleaning treatment is performed. The cleaning process is performed after a bonding coat layer removing process of removing a bonding coat layer (first coating layer) by chemical treatment, and a cleaning process of cleaning the turbine blade by blast treatment. Heat tinging process is then performed.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; an intermediary image transfer belt; primary and secondary transfer members; a first cleaning member; a second cleaning member; an electrical discharge member; a voltage source for supplying a voltage to produce the discharge current; and a controller, which controls the voltage source such that an absolute value of a first current balance is not more than 50% of an absolute value of a second current balance. The first current balance is a sum of a primary transferring current, a secondary-transfer current, a first cleaning current, a second cleaning current and a discharge current at the time when an image region on the belt passes the primary transfer member, the secondary transfer member, the first cleaning member, the second cleaning member and the discharge member, respectively, and the second balance is the first balance minus the discharge current.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; an intermediary image transfer belt; primary and secondary transfer members; a first cleaning member; a second cleaning member; an electrical discharge member; a voltage source for supplying a voltage to produce the discharge current; and a controller, which controls the voltage source such that an absolute value of a first current balance is not more than 50% of an absolute value of a second current balance. The first current balance is a sum of a primary transferring current, a secondary-transfer current, a first cleaning current, a second cleaning current and a discharge current at the time when an image region on the belt passes the primary transfer member, the secondary transfer member, the first cleaning member, the second cleaning member and the discharge member, respectively, and the second balance is the first balance minus the discharge current.

Abstract: A support structure for a suspended injector includes a suspended injector having a tubular vertical portion extending in a vertical direction, one or more chamfered portions formed by chamfering an outer peripheral surface near an upper end of the tubular vertical portion, a pair of holding members each having a flat surface formed on an inner peripheral surface of each of the pair of holding members to engage with each of the chamfered portions, each of the pair of holding members holding the tubular vertical portion of the suspended injector by sandwiching the tubular vertical portion of the suspended injector from both sides each of the pair of holding members, and a support structure part configured to fixedly support the pair of holding members, and configured to suspend and support the suspended injector.