摘要:
This invention provides an effective means or method for improving lipid metabolism, and a means or method for treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders associated with the lipid metabolism disorder. Specifically, this invention relates to an agent for improving the lipid metabolism comprising, as active ingredients, broken cells of a lactic acid bacterium, and to a method for enhancing an effect of a lactic acid bacterium for improving the lipid metabolism comprising a step of breaking the lactic acid bacterium.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an image erasing section including a first member which has an elastic layer and heats a recording medium having a thermally decolorizable toner image on the toner image side and a second member which erases the toner image by allowing the recording medium in cooperation with the first member; an image forming section which transfers a thermally decolorizable toner image onto the recording medium on which the toner image is erased to form an unfixed toner image; and an image fixing section including a third member which does not have an elastic layer and heats the recording medium on the unfixed toner image side and a fourth member which fixes the unfixed toner image by allowing the recording medium in cooperation with the third member.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a medium holding apparatus includes an endless device configured to rotate at a predetermined circumferential speed, a charging member arranged to be opposed to the surface of the endless device and configured to apply a voltage to a medium and attract the medium to the endless device using electrostatic force, a charge removing member arranged to be opposed to the surface of the endless device and configured to discharge charges in the medium using an alternating voltage, and a controller configured to offset a reference voltage of the alternating voltage to a polarity opposite to the polarity of the voltage applied during the attraction.
摘要:
The present invention provides Lactobacillus bacteria which enhance the functional of Peyer's patch and promote IgA production and which have a characteristics of localizing on human intestine as well as an agent for promoting IgA production. The present invention is directed to an agent for promoting IgA production containing Lactobacillus amylovorus cells, especially Lactobacillus amylovorus CP1750 (FERM BP-10532) as an active ingredient,
摘要:
In an image forming apparatus including a cleaning device having a cleaning blade arranged so as to make contact with and separate from a cleaned surface, an occurrence of excessive cutting when the cleaning blade makes contact with the cleaned surface is prevented. The image forming apparatus includes the cleaning blade for making contact with and separating from the cleaned surface and scraping off toner adhered onto the cleaned surface and a regulation unit for regulating a movement of the cleaning blade in the direction of contact with the cleaned surface up to a position where a pressing force to the cleaned surface by the cleaning blade does not exceed a predetermined pressing force.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method for preparing lactic acid bacteria having a high anti-allergic activity comprising culturing the lactic acid bacteria in a medium containing casein hydrolysate. The invention also provides an anti-allergic agent and a food/beverage product having anti-allergic activity comprising the lactic acid bacteria cultured in the method of the invention.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a pattern formation unit which forms a first gradation screen pattern on an image carrier unit at a non-image formation operation, a gradation characteristic determination unit which determines a gradation characteristic from the first gradation pattern formed by the pattern formation unit, a first gradation correction characteristic determination unit which determines a first gradation correction characteristic from the gradation characteristic determined by the gradation characteristic determination unit, a characteristic detection unit which detects a change characteristic in the image forming apparatus just before image formation, a pattern correlation characteristic correction unit which determines a pattern correlation characteristic corresponding to the change characteristic detected by the characteristic detection unit and a second gradation correction characteristic determination unit which determines a second gradation correction characteristic by performing an arithmetic operation on the first gradation correction characteristic and the pattern correlation characteristic.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a flaw detector for metal material for maintaining and managing pipelines using a remote field eddy current sensor. An AC signal having a constant level and shifted by predetermined phase angle is added to signals received in receiving coils of the remote field eddy current sensor to obtain accurate phase detection in a normal, nonflawed portion of the pipeline to be tested (e.g. uniform thickness, no holes, etc.). By preventing generation of abnormal flaw data, precise diagnosis of the pipeline can be performed. An AGC circuit may be used to maintain at a constant level of received signal. Two sets of spaced apart receiving coils are spaced from an exciting coil a distance greater than a predetermined distance (about two times the pipeline diameter). The set of receiving coils closest to the exciting coil has a greater number of coil turns than the other set. This coil configuration generates sensed coil differential signals having sufficient signal amplitude to permit stabilized and accurate phase detection and comparison for nonflawed and gradually flawed regions in the pipe.
摘要:
A developing apparatus is disclosed that employs one-component non-magnetic toner. The apparatus includes a movable developing agent carrier that has a surface polished to a first finish, roughened to a second finish, and then metal plated. The agent carried carries a one-component developing agent composed of non-magnetic toner and supplies the developing agent to an electrostatic latent image. An elastic coating member is disposed to press on the surface of the movable developing agent carrier so that the free end thereof is directed opposite to the moving direction of the movable developing agent carrier, and a toner stirring member disposed in a toner container contiguously to or in sliding contact with the movable developing agent carrier. The apparatus provides a uniform toner layer over a long period of time and supplies stable and high quality images.
摘要:
This application provides a substance containing disrupted cells of an anti-inflammatory lactic acid bacterium and having an effect of preventing or improving arthritis in a subject, a composition containing the substance and the preparation method thereof, and a method for enhancing the effect of preventing and improving arthritis with the use of the substance.