Abstract: A fixing apparatus having a first rotation member, an elongated heater having a heat generating member and a substrate on which the heat generating member is provided and being disposed in an internal space of the first rotation member, a heater holder that holds the heater, a stay that supports the heater holder, a sliding sheet being disposed between the heater and the first rotation member and sliding on an inner circumferential surface of the first rotation member, and a second rotation member forming a nip portion with the heater through the first rotation member, and, in the nip portion, a toner image formed on a recording material being heated and fixed, in which, when a longitudinal direction of a surface of the substrate on which the heat generating member is provided, a transverse direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: In an electrochemical gas sensor (10), a first sensing element (21) is stored in a first storage portion (31). A moisture permeable film (24) is disposed in a first introduction inlet (31A) of the first storage portion (31). The moisture permeable film (24) substantially prevents a to-be-detected gas from permeating therethrough. A second sensing element (22) is disposed in a space into which water vapor and the to-be-detected gas contained in a target gas flow. In such a configuration, the electrochemical gas sensor (10) is capable of detecting a to-be-detected gas having a concentration of 0 or more and 1 ppm or less.

Abstract: This contact apparatus includes: a fixed contact; a movable contactor including a movable contact facing the fixed contact; a magnetic shield configured to move in conjunction with the movable contactor and including a first shield portion, a second shield portion, and a joining portion joining the first shield portion and the second shield portion together; and a magnet having a first surface facing the fixed contact, the movable contact, and the first shield portion. The fixed contact, the movable contact, and the first shield portion are arranged in the following order: the fixed contact; the movable contact; and the first shield portion. The first shield portion includes a protrusion extending along the first surface of the magnet.

Abstract: A curable composition including a first compound having a group represented by general formula (x) and an epoxy group and having a molecular weight of 1000 or less. In the general formula (x), Rf1 and Rf2 each independently represent a fluorine-containing alkyl group.

Abstract: A taxis analysis method for performing taxis analysis of nematodes using a container in which a reference point is provided in the container or a culture medium in the container, the taxis analysis method including steps of: imaging a distribution mode of the nematodes in the container after the nematodes and a specimen of a subject are dropped into the container; detecting a position of an object of the reference point corresponding to the reference point included in the image obtained by imaging; determining an attraction region and a avoidance region on the basis of the position; and executing taxis analysis using objects of the nematodes in the determined attraction region and avoidance region.

Abstract: Provided is a gel-type oil-in-water emulsion composition containing components A to F, in which A: at least one liquid oil which is selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon oil, an aliphatic ester and a silicone oil and a content of which is equal to or greater than 15% by mass with respect to a total amount of the gel-type oil-in-water emulsion composition; B: at least one nonionic surfactant which is selected from the group consisting of a saturated fatty acid glyceryl and a saturated fatty acid polyglyceryl and which has a Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance of equal to or smaller than 7; C: a sucrose saturated fatty acid ester; D: an ionic surfactant which has a saturated fatty acid residue as a hydrophobic group and a glutamic acid residue as a hydrophilic group; E: at least one surfactant having an unsaturated fatty acid residue; and F: water.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a memory holding image data generated by an image reader; a memory controller for accessing the memory; first and second image processors for executing image processing on the image data one line at a time, the second image processor being added when implementing functional expansion; a connector for connecting the first and second image processors by a transfer path of the image data when implementing the functional expansion; first and second generators for respectively generating first and second allowance signals for allowing reading of a next line of the image data from the memory, according to the image processing times taken by the first and second image processors; and an allower configured to output, to the memory controller, a third allowance signal for allowing reading of the next line of the image data from the memory, based on the first and second allowance signals.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a memory holding image data generated by an image reader; a memory controller for accessing the memory; first and second image processors for executing image processing on the image data one line at a time, the second image processor being added when implementing functional expansion; a connector for connecting the first and second image processors by a transfer path of the image data when implementing the functional expansion; first and second generators for respectively generating first and second allowance signals for allowing reading of a next line of the image data from the memory, according to the image processing times taken by the first and second image processors; and an allower configured to output, to the memory controller, a third allowance signal for allowing reading of the next line of the image data from the memory, based on the first and second allowance signals.

Abstract: Provided is a gel-type oil-in-water emulsion composition containing components A to F, in which A: at least one liquid oil which is selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon oil, an aliphatic ester and a silicone oil and a content of which is equal to or greater than 15% by mass with respect to a total amount of the gel-type oil-in-water emulsion composition; B: at least one nonionic surfactant which is selected from the group consisting of a saturated fatty acid glyceryl and a saturated fatty acid polyglyceryl and which has a Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance of equal to or smaller than 7; C: a sucrose saturated fatty acid ester; D: an ionic surfactant which has a saturated fatty acid residue as a hydrophobic group and a glutamic acid residue as a hydrophilic group; E: at least one surfactant having an unsaturated fatty acid residue; and F: water.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a definer for defining pixel areas in image data acquired on a per-line basis, each pixel area being. used for calculating a pixel value of an interpolation pixel for interpolating a missing pixel; a read out controller for accessing, in a memory storing the image data of one line, a leading address among addresses corresponding to pixels in an Nth pixel area, and reading out pixel values of the pixels in the Nth pixel area; and a calculator for calculating a pixel value of an Nth interpolation pixel by using the pixel values of the Nth pixel area. The read out controller accesses a leading address among addresses corresponding to pixels in an (N+1)th pixel area, and reads out pixel values of the pixels in the (N+1)th pixel area, after the pixel value of the Nth interpolation pixel is calculated.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a definer for defining pixel areas in image data acquired on a per-line basis, each pixel area being. used for calculating a pixel value of an interpolation pixel for interpolating a missing pixel; a read out controller for accessing, in a memory storing the image data of one line, a leading address among addresses corresponding to pixels in an Nth pixel area, and reading out pixel values of the pixels in the Nth pixel area; and a calculator for calculating a pixel value of an Nth interpolation pixel by using the pixel values of the Nth pixel area. The read out controller accesses a leading address among addresses corresponding to pixels in an (N+1)th pixel area, and reads out pixel values of the pixels in the (N+1)th pixel area, after the pixel value of the Nth interpolation pixel is calculated.

Abstract: A motor drive control device includes: a deceleration start position calculating unit that calculates a deceleration start position indicating an address at which a pulse period is stored, the pulse period being equal to or larger than a pulse period at the time of forced stopping and closest to the pulse period at the time of forced stopping among the pulse periods included in a driving information; a stop pulse number calculating unit that calculates the number of pulses required for stopping the motor at an exciting position; and a driving control unit that outputs a total number of pulses of a counted number of pulses and the number of pulses from the deceleration start position until the motor is stopped in forcibly stopping the motor, and outputs a shortage of the number of pulses required for stopping the motor calculated by the stop pulse number calculating unit.

Abstract: A motor drive control device includes: a deceleration start position calculating unit that calculates a deceleration start position indicating an address at which a pulse period is stored, the pulse period being equal to or larger than a pulse period at the time of forced stopping and closest to the pulse period at the time of forced stopping among the pulse periods included in a driving information; a stop pulse number calculating unit that calculates the number of pulses required for stopping the motor at an exciting position; and a driving control unit that outputs a total number of pulses of a counted number of pulses and the number of pulses from the deceleration start position until the motor is stopped in forcibly stopping the motor, and outputs a shortage of the number of pulses required for stopping the motor calculated by the stop pulse number calculating unit.