The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that can perform stable sheet conveyance, regardless of whether a sheet processing apparatus is connected thereto. Embodiments of the invention provide information regarding the useful life of perishable goods. Moreover, the current listening device receives, using the second communication protocol, a sequence of responses from the group of electronic devices indicating that the information was received, wherein the responses from different electronic devices are received at different times. The management station defines the new device domains to include the storage device and an initiator coupled to the fabric, and directs the storage device to instruct the management server to add the new device domains. The process comprises an multi-step reaction sequence that includes a chiral auxiliary-controlled condensation, a silyl-mediated cyclization, a palladium-catalyzed Negishi cross-coupling, and the enantioselective reduction of a ketone to a hydroxyl group. The serving base station of a second SIM is identified and a final target base station is determined for a cell reselection procedure andor cell change order procedure from among the neighboring base stations and the serving base station of the second SIM.