Abstract: An antibody-drug conjugate represented by formula (I): (where Ab is an antibody, X is a group represented by formula (X-1), formula (X-2) or formula (X-3): (where at the left represents the binding site with NH and at the right represents the binding side with D), D is a group represented by formula (D-1) or formula (D-2): (where represents the binding site with X), and n is in the range of about 1 to about 8).

Abstract: A capacitor of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric. The dielectric is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a diamine. The second layer includes tin(IV) sulfide. The first layer and the second layer are stacked alternately in a particular direction intersecting a surface of the first electrode facing the second electrode. An electrical conductivity of the dielectric in the particular direction at 25° C. is 1×10?10 S/cm or less.

Abstract: A capacitor of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric. The second electrode is disposed to face a principal surface of the first electrode. The dielectric is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric is in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode. A surface of the second electrode extends, for example, parallel to a surface of the first electrode, the surfaces each being in contact with the dielectric. An electrical conductivity ?x of the dielectric in a particular direction perpendicular to the principal surface and an electrical conductivity ?y of the dielectric in a direction perpendicular to the particular direction satisfy a relation ?x/?y?0.01.

Abstract: A developing device includes a developer carrier to carry a developer, a conveyance path to circulate the developer and supply the developer to the developer carrier, a discharge path extending from the conveyance path and including a discharge port to discharge a portion of the developer, as excess developer, and a valve body provided between the conveyance path and the discharge port. The valve body includes an inlet side oriented toward the conveyance path and an outlet side disposed opposite the inlet side to allow a passage of the excess developer from the conveyance path through the valve body toward the discharge port, when a pressure applied to the inlet side is greater than a pressure threshold value.

Abstract: The invention relates to an immunochromatographic device which contains a nitrous acid compound and an organic acid or an organic acid derivative and which is for detecting a detection target in an analyte wherein a sample droplet-receiving member, a labeling substance-holding member, a chromatography medium member and an absorption member are arranged in a manner that a sample develops in this order and wherein a part containing the nitrous acid compound and a part containing the organic acid or the like are at upstream positions from the labeling substance-containing part, and the part containing the nitrous acid compound and the part containing the organic acid or the like are not substantially in contact with each other in the thickness direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an alloy for medical use, including Pt, Co, Cr, Ni, and Mo. The alloy includes 10 atom % or more and 30 atom % or less of Pt, 20 atom % or more and 31 atom % or less of Cr, 5 atom % or more and 24 atom % or less of Ni, 4 atom % or more and 8 atom % or less of Mo, the balance Co, and unavoidable impurities, and a ratio of the Ni content (CNi) to the Pt content (CPt), CNi/CPt is 1.5 or less. The present invention can be applied to various kinds of devices for medical use, such as catheter, embolic coils, and guide wires, in addition to stents such as flow-diverter stents.

Abstract: An inkjet printer is provided that includes: a head including a nozzle, a light emitting element, a beam splitter configured to split an optical path into first and second optical paths, first and second light receiving elements configured to receive light passing through the first and second optical paths, respectively, a subtraction circuit configured to obtain a difference between an amount of received light by the first light receiving element and an amount of received light by the second light receiving element, and a controller. The first optical path is provided so as to pass through a flying area in which ink ejected from the nozzles flies, and the second optical path is provided so as not to pass through the flying area. The controller is configured to execute to judge an ejection state of ink by the head based on the difference.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes: an ejecting head made of metal and having an ejection surface; an electrode which moves relative to the ejection surface; a voltage source generating a potential difference between the ejecting head and the electrode; an electric current detector detecting an electric current between the ejecting head and the electrode; and a controller. The controller is configured to: calculate a flying speed of the liquid droplet based on a first distance between the ejecting head and the electrode and a time during which the electric current flows between the ejecting head and the electrode; and calculate an ejection bending amount, based on a time after the liquid droplet is ejected from the ejecting head in a state that the ejection surface and the electrode are apart from each other by a second distance and until the liquid droplet lands on the electrode.

Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus, includes: an ejecting head which ejects liquid droplets; a light source which causes light to be radiated toward a flight space of the liquid droplets with a first output power or a second output power; a detecting element which detects received amount of the light radiated from the light source and passed through the liquid droplets flying in the flight space; and a controller. The controller causes the light to be radiated from the light source with the first or second output power at a timing of the ejecting head being driven to eject the liquid droplets; in a first detecting mode, executes a detection about an ejection failure of the nozzles based on the received amount of the light; and in a second detecting mode, executes a detection about a phenomenon causing the ejection failure based on the received amount of the light.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner includes collecting a toner by using a toner collecting device including: a centrifugation cylinder to which an airflow containing a toner is introduced and in which the toner is centrifugally separated by a swirling flow caused by the introduced airflow; an airflow inlet through which the airflow containing the toner is introduced to the centrifugation cylinder; an airflow outlet that is located at an upper end of the centrifugation cylinder and through which the airflow from which the toner has been separated in the centrifugation cylinder is discharged; a toner collector that is located at a lower end of the centrifugation cylinder and in which the toner separated in the centrifugation cylinder is collected; and a suction unit that suctions the inside of the centrifugation cylinder through the toner collector and has a filtration filter through which the toner in the suctioned airflow is filtered out.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a walking type electric transporter capable of being continuously used for a long time while preventing breakage of a storage battery due to a collision of cargo. A storage battery is accommodated in a box-shaped battery casing, the battery casing is detachably attached to a transporter main body portion, and the battery casing holds the storage battery while having spaces in such a manner that an upper portion and a front portion in an interior and an upper surface and a front surface of the storage battery are respectively separated from each other.

Abstract: A developing device includes a developer carrier to carry a developer, a conveyance path to circulate the developer and supply the developer to the developer carrier, a discharge path extending from the conveyance path and including a discharge port to discharge a portion of the developer, as excess developer, and a valve body provided between the conveyance path and the discharge port. The valve body includes an inlet side oriented toward the conveyance path and an outlet side disposed opposite the inlet side to allow a passage of the the excess developer from the conveyance path through the valve body toward the discharge port, when a pressure applied to the inlet side is greater than a pressure threshold value.

Abstract: A liquid droplet discharge apparatus includes: a metallic discharge head configured to discharge a liquid droplet onto a print medium; an electrode arranged facing the discharge head; a voltage source configured to generate a potential difference between the discharge head and the electrode; a current detection part configured to detect a current flowing between the discharge head and the electrode; and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a volume of the liquid droplet based on a current value detected by the current detection part, in a case that the liquid droplet is discharged from the discharge head in a state that the potential difference is generated between the discharge head and the electrode by the voltage source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical Au-Pt-Pd alloy including Au, Pt,Pd, and inevitable impurities. The Au-Pt-Pd alloy has an alloy compositioninside a polygon (A1-A2-A3-A4) surrounded by straight lines connected at pointA1 (Au: 53 atom%, Pt: 4 atom%, and Pd: 43 atom%), point A2 (Au: 70 atom%,Pt: 4 atom%, and Pd: 26 atom%), point A3 (Au: 69.9 atom%, Pt: 30 atom%, and Pd: 0.1 atom%), and point A4 (Au: 49.9 atom%, Pt: 50 atom%, and Pd: 0.1 atom%) in a Au-Pt-Pd ternary state diagram. In a metal structure of the alloy, at least one of a Au-rich phase and a Pt-rich phase is distributed, and the total of the area ratio of the Au-rich phase and the area ratio of the Pt-rich phase is 1.5% or more and 25.4% or less.

Abstract: In a robot controller, return of a position (including posture) of a robot arm to an origin thereof is controlled along a searched return path, when there occurs an abnormality against the robot. It is determined whether there is a trajectory portion regarded as being a straight line on a motion trajectory of the arm, based on the operation log data recorded in a recording unit when it is determined that the arm should be returned to the origin. Operation log data of a node are decimated (i.e., downsampled), which are present between two nodes which are at both ends of a trajectory portion regarded as being a straight line when the trajectory portion is regarded as being the straight line. Then, the return path is calculated, along which the arm returns to the origin, based on remaining operation log data.

Abstract: Provided is a surface processing apparatus and a surface processing method for a SiC substrate using anodization. The surface processing apparatus for the SiC substrate includes a surface processing pad and a power supply device. The surface processing pad includes a grinding wheel layer. The grinding wheel layer is disposed facing a workpiece surface of the SiC substrate. The power supply device passes a pulsed current having a period greater than 0.01 seconds and less than or equal to 20 seconds for anodizing the workpiece surface to be processed by the grinding wheel layer through the SiC substrate as an anode in the presence of an electrolyte.

Abstract: A surface processing method for a SiC substrate includes the following processes or steps: anodizing a workpiece surface of the SiC substrate by passing a current having a current density of 15 mA/cm2 or more through the SiC substrate as an anode in the presence of an electrolyte; disposing a grinding wheel layer of a surface processing pad to the workpiece surface and selectively removing, with the grinding wheel layer, an oxide formed on the workpiece surface through anodization; and performing, simultaneously or sequentially, the anodization of the workpiece surface and the selective removal of the oxide formed on the workpiece surface with the grinding wheel layer.

Abstract: CAR-T cells for cancer therapy are provided with an antibody that recognizes the MAGE-A4-derived-peptide/HLA-A2 complex. The antibody includes the VH amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 36 and the VL amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 38. The antibody preferably is provided with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 32. Such CAR-T cells can be used in CAR infusion therapy in which a cancer-specific intracellular antigen is used.

Abstract: An imaging system includes: a housing including a developing chamber, a developing roller located in the developing chamber to transport a developer and spaced apart from the housing; a conveyance path extending along at least part of a periphery of the developing roller in order to form a flow of air including the developer; and a control member. The developing roller includes a peeling pole at a fixed position with respect to the housing, to discharge the developer. The control member is located along the conveyance path in proximity to the peeling pole of the developing roller, to reduce a flow rate of the air flowing through the conveyance path.

Abstract: A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes: aggregating at least resin particles contained in a dispersion by using an aluminum aggregating agent to form aggregated particles; heating and fusing the aggregated particles to form fused particles; cooling a dispersion containing the fused particles to obtain a toner particle dispersion; and adjusting a pH of the toner particle dispersion to 8 or more and 11 or less.