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A color filter array comprises orange, lime and purple sub-pixels, optionally with the addition of white sub-pixels. The color filter array is useful in electro-optic displays, especially reflective electro-optic displays. A method is provided for converting RGB images for use with the new color filter array.

The invention relates to a surgical data carrier for the identification of a medical implant, in particular, a surgical plate for the fixing of bones or bone fragments, wherein the data carrier has a carrier element and a connecting device which comprises a receptacle for the insertion of at least part of the implant. In order to make such a surgical data carrier available which has an improved handling capability, it is suggested in accordance with the invention that the data carrier have an actuating device which can be actuated by a user and with which the connecting device can be transferred from a connecting position, in which the implant is held in the receptacle, into a release position, in which the data carrier can be detached from the implant. The invention relates, in addition, to a surgical implantation system.

An electrode structure is provided for use in an electronic device. In certain example embodiments, an electrode structure includes a supporting glass substrate (e.g., soda-lime silica based float glass), a buffer layer (e.g., SixNy), and a conductive electrode (e.g., Mo) provided in this order. The buffer layer is advantageous in that it prevents or reduces sodium (Na) migration from the glass substrate into semiconductor layer(s) of the electronic device.

A constitution of the display device of the invention is shown in the following. The display device includes a pixel unit including TFTs of which the active layer contains an organic semiconductor material for forming channel portions in the opening portions in an insulating layer arranged to meet the gate electrodes. The pixel unit further includes a contrast media formed on the electrodes connected to the TFTs for changing the reflectivity upon the application of an electric field, or microcapsules containing electrically charged particles that change the reflectivity upon the application of an electric field. The pixel unit is sandwiched by plastic substrates, and barrier layers including an inorganic insulating material are provided between the plastic substrates and the pixel unit. The purpose of the present invention is to supply display devices which are excellent in productivity, light in weight and flexible.

The invention is an inhaler for aerosolization of medicament with a unique dosage counter. The dosage counter has a first and second counting ring and a coupling device that interconnects the counting rings. The counter being advanced by a unique armature mechanism that is interconnected with the actuation mechanism of the inhaler to insure accurate counting of doses.

A wireless IC device includes a flexible sheet provided with a wireless IC chip and radiation plates. The wireless IC chip is connected by an Au bump to a feeder circuit which is located on the sheet and which has a predetermined resonant frequency and a predetermined impedance. The feeder circuit includes electrode patterns, and the feeder circuit and the radiation plates are capacitively coupled with each other through the flexible sheet.

The method of producing fatty acid alkyl esters and / or glycerine of the present invention is a method of producing high-purity fatty acid alkyl esters and / or glycerine advantageously from the energy viewpoint while reducing the energy consumption of the production, and the products can be used in various fields of application, for example in biodiesel fuels, foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The above-mentioned method of producing fatty acid alkyl esters and / or glycerine by reacting a fat or oil with an alcohol using an insoluble solid catalyst in a reaction apparatus comprising at least one reactor, comprises (a) a step of obtaining low-boiling components removed liquid by removing low-boiling components or fraction from an effluent liquid of a reactor and (b) a step of separating the fatty acid alkyl esters and glycerine from the low-boiling components removed liquid, wherein an eluted active metal component of the insoluble solid catalyst in the effluent liquid of a reactor amounts to a level not higher than 1,000 ppm.

A resist composition contains; a resin having a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the formula (a); and an acid generator.wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents an optionally substituted C1 to C18 aliphatic hydrocarbon group; A1 represents an optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkanediyl group or a group represented by the formula (a-g1);wherein s represents 0 or 1; A10 and A12 independently represent an optionally substituted C1 to C5 aliphatic hydrocarbon group; A11 represents a single bond or an optionally substituted C1 to C5 aliphatic hydrocarbon group; X10 and X11 independently represents an oxygen atom, a carbonyl group, a carbonyloxy group or an oxycarbonyl group; provided that a total number of the carbon atom of A10, A11, A12, X10 and X11 is 6 or less.

An article (20) comprises a deformation-control member which can include an extending medial section (38), and a selected stiffened region (34). The stiffened region (34) can include a first array (40) of individual, stiffening elements (35), and at least a second array (50) of individual, stiffening elements (37). In particular features, each of the first and second arrays (40, 50) of stiffening elements can have a convergently arranged nose-end (70, 78), and a relatively divergently arranged tail-end (74, 80). In another feature, the first and second arrays (40, 50) of stiffening elements (35, 37) can be configured to substantially avoid intersecting in the medial section (38) of the deformation-control member. In a further feature, the second array (50) of stiffening elements (37) can have a counter-positioned configuration relative to the first array (40) of stiffening elements (35).

A process for producing a polyurethane foam which comprises mixing a polyol solution comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyester-polyol, 0.1 to 1.8 parts by weight of water and 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of urea, and a catalyst with a polyisocyanate compound and foaming the mixture. According to the process, there can be produced a polyurethane foam which satisfies both productivity and moldability even when having a low density, and is suitable for use in shoe soles.

An adjuvant complex composed of bacterial outer membrane protein proteosomes complexed to bacterial liposaccharide is prepared to contain the component parts under a variety of conditions. The complex can be formulated with antigenic material to form immunogenic compositions, vaccines and immunotherapeutics. An induced immune response includes protective antibodies and / or type 1 cytokines is shown for a variety of protocols.

A method and system for selective reprint of individual records in a variable data printing operation in which a variable data print job defined by an original digital document having a plurality of records to be printed is provided to the printing device (2). The variable data print job is run on the printing device (2) and the printed documents are examined to select records to reprint. A parameter (64) that identifies the records to reprint is determined and applied to the original digital document (50) using a data transformation engine (60). The data transformation engine (60) transforms the original digital document (50) into a new (70) or revised (50′) digital document including the records to reprint and provides the print job defined by the new (70) or revised (50′) digital document to the printing device (2) for selective reprint. The digital document (50) is an electronic file having a digital content component (51) encoded in PDF format, and a digital markup file component (52) specified using XML. The data transformation engine (60) applies a data transform to the digital markup file (52) based on XSLT.

The invention relates to a rubber tire composed of carbon black reinforced rubber carcass and having a rubber tread which is quantitatively reinforced with silica and which, in turn, has a thin, integral, rubber outer cap on its outer surface which contains a quantitative amount of carbon black. In one aspect, said outer cap, sometimes referred to herein as an outer top cap, extends across the outer surface of the tread which is normally intended to be ground contacting and in an alternative aspect, the outer top cap extends only over the outer portion, namely the peripheral edges, of said tread surface intended to be ground contacting. The outer, carbon black reinforced, rubber tread top cap connects with at least one other carbon black reinforced rubber component of the tire in a manner to provide a path of reduced electrical resistance from said outer tread top cap to the bead portion of the tire carcass and, therefore, such a path from the vehicle to the road surface.

The invention relates to a compound of a thermoplastic synthetic material and a strengthening components whereby the technical problem of indicating a high-grade compound work material at low production cost, in particular for outdoor application has been solved in that the thermoplastic synthetic material is a synthetic polyester, preferably a polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and the strengthening components is an organic filler, preferably fine-particle wood or wood fibers. The invention also relates to the production of structural parts from the component as well as the structural parts themselves.

A process for producing terpolymers of propylene, comprising a) feeding into a slurry reactor a reaction mixture containing 50-85 w-% of propylene, 1-10 w-% of ethylene, 15-40 w-% of another C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alpha-olefin, a catalyst system maintaining olefin polymerization at said temperature conditions, and optionally hydrogen, b) polymerizing said reaction mixture at a temperature of lower than 70.degree. C. a sufficient time to obtain a propylene terpolymer amounting to 50-99 w-% of the end product, c) transferring said reaction mixture into a gas phase reactor operating at a pressure of higher than 5 bars, preferably higher than 10 bars, optionally adding 0-30 w-% of ethylene, 0-10 w-% of another C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alpha-olefin, 0-40 w-% of propylene and optionally hydrogen, and d) continuing polymerization in said gas phase reactor for obtaining a propylene terpolymer amounting to 1-50 wt-% of the end product. The terpolymer has a melting temperature a less than 135.degree. C., preferably less than 132.degree. C., and it can be used for manufacturing films having good sealing properties.

An optoelectronic substrate comprises an electronic device, an optical device, and an optical wiring layer, the optical wiring layer comprising a photonic crystal. An optoelectronic substrate comprises an electronic device, an optical device, and an optical wiring layer, wherein the optical wiring layer is comprised of a periodic structure having a repeating period nearly equal to or smaller than the wavelength of light employed for signal transmission. An optoelectronic substrate comprises an electronic device, an optical device, an electric wiring connected to the electronic device, an optical wiring layer, and a base plate, wherein the optical wiring layer is employed as an insulating layer between the base plate and the electric wiring.

Provided herein are structured liquid surfactants produced using a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate having various levels of 2-isomer content.

A lamp structure comprises an aluminum extrusion pipe, a light transmission cover, and a light emitting member. The aluminum extrusion pipe is axially provided with at least one first sidewall, one second sidewall and one opening, the first sidewall is formed with at least an engaging groove in communication with a through hole in the first sidewall, the second sidewall is provided with at a light reflection surface. The light transmission cover is mounted on the aluminum extrusion pipe to cover the opening. The light emitting member includes a flexible circuit board and plural light sources, the light sources are arranged spaced apart on the flexible circuit board, the light of the light sources of the light emitting member are focused on the light transmission cover through reflection by the light reflection surface, and finally projected out of the aluminum extrusion pipe after passing through the light transmission cover.

An article (20) comprises a deformation-control member which can include an extending medial section (38), and a selected stiffened region (34). The stiffened region (34) can include a first array (40) of individual, stiffening elements (35), and at least a second array (50) of individual, stiffening elements (37). In particular features, each of the first and second arrays (40, 50) of stiffening elements can have a convergently arranged nose-end (70, 78), and a relatively divergently arranged tail-end (74, 80). In another feature, the first and second arrays (40, 50) of stiffening elements (35, 37) can be configured to substantially avoid intersecting in the medial section (38) of the deformation-control member. In a further feature, the second array (50) of stiffening elements (37) can have a counter-positioned configuration relative to the first array (40) of stiffening elements (35).

A method and computer-readable medium convert the text of a word and a user's pronunciation of the word into a phonetic description to be added to a speech recognition lexicon. Initially, two possible phonetic descriptions are generated. One phonetic description is formed from the text of the word. The other phonetic description is formed by decoding a speech signal representing the user's pronunciation of the word. Both phonetic descriptions are scored based on their correspondence to the user's pronunciation. The phonetic description with the highest score is then selected for entry in the speech recognition lexicon.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a cell region in a surface portion of the substrate for operating as a transistor, a gate lead wiring region having a gate lead pattern on the substrate, a trench in the surface portion of the substrate extending from the cell region to the gate lead wiring region, an oxide film on an inner surface of the trench, and a gate electrode in the trench insulated with at least the oxide film from the substrate. A speed of formation of a main portion of the sidewalls of the trench at the gate lead wiring region is greater than that of a main portion of the sidewalls of the trench at the cell region, so that a thickness of the oxide film at the gate lead wiring region is greater than that at the cell region.

The invention relates to an inkjet recording element that comprises, on a support, a porous hydrophilic image-receiving layer made by a subtractive method involving removal of water-insoluble polymeric latex from a coated non-porous layer to form the porous layer. Also disclosed is a method for making the inkjet recording element and a method of printing on such an inkjet recording

A semiconductor device, which is comprised of a copper wiring layer which is formed above a semiconductor substrate, a pad electrode layer which conducts electrically to the copper wiring layer and has an alloy, which contains copper and a metal whose oxidation tendency is higher than copper, formed to extend to the bottom surface, and an insulating protective film which has an opening extended to the pad electrode layer, is provided.

The present invention provides an evaporated fuel gas adsorbent, an evaporated fuel gas trapping apparatus that uses the adsorbent, an activated carbon, and a process for producing the activated carbon. The evaporated fuel gas adsorbent is capable of improving adsorptivity and desorptivity by reliably preventing a temperature rise and a temperature fall caused by heat generated in response to the adsorption and desorption of evaporated fuel gas, is capable of achieving a size reduction of the device, and is capable of being easily produced. The activated carbon has high mechanical strength and high abrasive resistance, has many pores suitable to adsorb an organic solvent, especially, evaporated fuel gas, and has a high packing density. The activated-carbon producing process is industrially advantageous. The evaporated fuel gas adsorbent comprises an adsorptive material and latent heat storage mediums including containers each of which is made of a flexible film and in each of which a substance that absorbs or releases heat in response to a phase change is encased. The activated carbon is characterized in that a specific surface area calculated by a BET method (multipoint method) in a nitrogen adsorption isotherm determined from a nitrogen adsorption amount at liquid nitrogen temperature is 1000 to 2500 m2 / g, in that a half-value width of a D-band peak in the neighborhood of 1360 cm−1 in Raman spectroscopic analysis is 120 cm−1 or less, and in that a half-value width of a G-band peak in the neighborhood of 1580 cm−1 in Raman spectroscopic analysis is 100 cm−1 or less.

Gear-driven shears include two grips, the fixed jaw, and the movable jaw and gear wheel module. The fixed jaw and the first grip are connected together at a joint of plate assembly module. The corresponding ends of movable jaw and the second grip are installed on the first pivot axle and second pivot axle of the plate assemble module. The characteristic of the invention is that one curved plate is installed additionally on one side of the movable jaw. Its first end is also installed on the first pivot axle of the plate assembly module sharing the same rotating point with the movable jaw. Meanwhile it is installed on the first edge of the curved plate together with the first tooth edge of the movable jaw. The second edge of the curved plate is equipped with wedge, which is locked in the notch on one side of the movable jaw. The middle section of curved plate is made into a curve.

A stacked film capacitor including a resin protective film having excellent durability is provided which can stably secure desired properties. The stacked film capacitor includes a capacitor element 12 including a plurality of dielectric layers 14, 18a and a plurality of vapor-deposited metal film layers 16a. Each dielectric layer and each vapor-deposited metal film layer are stacked with each other so as to be arranged alternately. The stacked film capacitor further includes a pair of external electrodes 26a, 26b provided on opposing side surfaces of the capacitor element, and at least one resin protective film 28a, 28b formed on at least one side surfaces other than the side surfaces on which the external electrodes are formed, in which the at least one resin protective film is provided by deposition polymerization.

A flexible hand-held abrasive article includes a conformable backup pad having opposed major surfaces, a backing layer affixed to one surface of the backup pad, the backing layer containing a plurality of biaxially oriented openings, and abrasive particles arranged on the backing layer, thereby defining an abrasive surface. A method of making such an abrasive article is also disclosed. The abrasive article may also comprise a backing layer containing a plurality of biaxially oriented slits with abrasive particles arranged at least one surface of the backing layer.

In a projection apparatus for projecting optical images, an optical mask support stage having a pair of separated arms. Each arm being provided with a respective mask chucking bar that supports a respective edge of a thin glass mask and applies to the respective edge a bending moment away from the center of the mask to reduce or eliminate any gravitational induced sag in the center of the mask thereby improving the quality of the images projected by the apparatus.