What is claimed is:
1. A method comprising:
in a human subject having symptoms consistent with multiple sclerosis, administering a regimen of doses of human growth hormone of less than 0.5 mg. per day.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein administering the regimen of human growth hormone comprises subcutaneous injections of doses of human growth hormone.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the regimen for injections comprises twice daily.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising prior to administering a regimen of human growth hormone measuring the level of human growth hormone in a human subject’s blood to determine that the level of human growth hormone is below a predetermined physiological level for an adult human.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising measuring a level of supplemental hormones selected from the group consisting of sex hormone, melatonin hormone, adrenal hormone, thyroid hormone and thymus hormone to determine that at least one of the hormones is below a predetermined level for an adult human; and replenishing the level of the at least one supplemental hormone to a predetermined physiological level.
6. A method comprising:
measuring a sample of a human subject’s blood, the human subject having symptoms consistent with multiple sclerosis, to determine that the level of human growth hormone is below a predetermined physiological level for an adult human; and
replenishing the level of human growth hormone to the predetermined physiological level.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein replenishing the level of human growth hormone comprises subcutaneous injections of doses of human growth hormone.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein a replenishment regimen comprises injections twice daily.
9. The method of claim 6, further comprising measuring a level of supplemental hormones in the human subject’s blood, the supplemental hormones selected from the group consisting of sex hormone, melatonin hormone, adrenal hormone, thyroid hormone and thymus hormone to determine that at least one of the hormones is below a predetermined level for an adult human; and
replenishing the level of the at least one supplemental hormone to a predetermined physiological level.
10. A kit for treating symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis comprising human growth hormone and at least one of the supplemental hormones selected from the group consisting of sex hormone, melatonin hormone, adrenal hormone, thyroid hormone, and thymus hormone, the kit for establishing a regimen for the replenishment of the human growth hormone and the at least one of the supplemental hormones to predetermined physiological levels.
11. The kit of claim 10, wherein the amount of human growth hormone is provided in intravenous unit form in doses of less than 0.5 mg per day.
12. The kit of claim 11, wherein the amount of human growth hormone is administered twice daily.
13. The kit of claim 10, wherein the sex hormone comprises at least one of testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A fixing temperature control method in an image forming apparatus which has medium thickness detecting means for detecting a thickness of print medium and forms an image by an electrophotographic process, comprising the steps of:
detecting the thickness of said print medium that is used after a predetermined operation and detecting thicknesses of print media at a predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media, and
setting a target temperature of a fixing device on the basis of the thickness of said print medium that is used after said predetermined operation and the thicknesses of said print media detected at said predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined operation is an operation to attach a paper feed tray to said image forming apparatus.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said image forming apparatus having a plurality of paper feed trays, said predetermined operation is an operation to change said paper feed trays which are used.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined interval set for printing said plurality of said print media is set on the basis of the number of print pages.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined interval is set on the basis of the number of rotations of a photosensitive drum.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein a setting of said predetermined interval set for printing said plurality of said print media can be changed.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of setting said target temperature of said fixing device comprises setting said target temperature in accordance with an average value of the detected thickness of the print medium and the previously detected thickness of the print medium.
8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
detecting the thickness of said print medium every page, and;
ejecting said print medium without forming the image when a difference between the thickness of said print medium detected every page and the thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the target temperature of said fixing device is not changed until a print job is finished.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the target temperature of said fixing device is set on the basis of the detected thicknesses of a plurality of print media.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the target temperature of said fixing device is set by majority decision of ranks of the detected thicknesses of a plurality of print media.
12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the target temperature of said fixing device is set on the basis of an average value of the detected thicknesses of a plurality of print media.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein a threshold value of the thickness of said print medium which is used for switching the target temperature of said fixing device to a low temperature and a threshold value of the thickness of said print medium which is used for switching the target temperature of said fixing device to a high temperature are different.
14. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
an average value of the thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature and the detected thickness of said print medium is calculated;
when a difference between said average value and the thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature exceeds a predetermined value, the thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature is updated by said average value; and
the target temperature of said fixing device in a next print job is set on the basis of the updated thickness of said print medium serving as a reference upon setting of the fixing temperature.
15. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
said image forming apparatus further has a plurality of paper feed trays and means which detects the thickness of the first print medium after the print media were set onto each of said paper feed trays and stores the detected thickness; and
the target temperature of said fixing device is set on the basis of the thickness of said print medium stored for every paper feed tray in subsequent printing.
16. The method according to claim 1, wherein when a detection value of the thickness of said print medium is out of a predetermined range, the target temperature of said fixing device is set on the basis of a preset initial value of the print medium thickness.
17. An image forming apparatus for forming an image by an electrophotographic process, comprising:
a medium thickness detecting section for detecting a thickness of print medium, which detects a thickness of said print medium that is used after a predetermined operation, and detects a thickness of said print medium at a predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media;
a fixing device; and
a target temperature setting section which sets a target temperature of said fixing device on the basis of the thickness obtained after said predetermined operation and the thickness obtained at said predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media.
18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein
a cleaning process is executed at a time other than an image forming period of time, and
said target temperature setting section sets the target temperature of said fixing device during which said cleaning process is executed.
19. An image forming apparatus for forming an image by an electrophotographic process, comprising:
a medium character detecting section for detecting a character of print medium, which detects a character of said print medium that is used after a predetermined operation, and detects a character of said print medium at a predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media;
a fixing device; and
a target temperature setting section which sets a target temperature of said fixing device on the basis of the character obtained after said predetermined operation and the character obtained at said predetermined interval set for printing a plurality of said print media.