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Hearing systems for both hearing impaired and normal hearing subjects comprise an input transducer and a separate output transducer. The input transducer will include a light source for generating a light signal in response to either ambient sound or an external electronic sound signal. The output transducer will comprise a light-responsive transducer component which is adapted to receive light from the input transducer. The output transducer component will vibrate in response to the light input and produce vibrations in a component of a subject's hearing transduction pathway, such as the tympanic membrane, a bone in the ossicular chain, or directly on the cochlea, in order to produce neural signals representative of the original sound.

Hearing systems for both hearing impaired and normal hearing subjects comprise an input transducer and a separate output transducer. The input transducer will include a light source for generating a light signal in response to either ambient sound or an external electronic sound signal. The output transducer will comprise a light-responsive transducer component which is adapted to receive light from the input transducer. The output transducer component will vibrate in response to the light input and produce vibrations in a component of a subject's hearing transduction pathway, such as the tympanic membrane, a bone in the ossicular chain, or directly on the cochlea, in order to produce neural signals representative of the original sound.

System and method for developing a treatment plan for achieving a treatment goal including creating a virtual model of a dental patient's dentition; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual prosthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; transforming the virtual model of the dentition using virtual orthodontics to facilitate achievement of the treatment goal; iterating on the transforming steps until substantially achieving the treatment goal; and generating an orthodontic treatment plan and a prosthodontic treatment plan based upon the substantially achieved treatment goal

In the case where a deblocking filter applied to a luminance component is referred to and applied to a chrominance component, by converting a pixel position of the chrominance component so as to have a pixel position of a luminance component which belongs to a same field as the chrominance component (F7a) and referring to the luminance component, the present invention makes it possible to generate a more natural image by filtering the luminance component and the chrominance component with same strength when the image is displayed in an interlaced-scan form.

The invention provides a polishing pad by which optical materials such as lenses, reflecting mirrors etc., or materials requiring a high degree of surface planarity, as in the polishing of silicone wafers, glass substrates or aluminum substrates for hard disks, or general metal polishing, can be flattened with stability and high polishing efficiency. The invention also provides a polishing pad for semiconductor wafers, which is superior in planarizing characteristic, is free from scratches and can be produced at low cost. There is provided a polishing pad which is free from dechucking error so that neither damage to wafers nor decrease in operating efficiency occurs. There is provided a polishing pad which is satisfactory in planarity, within wafer uniformity, and polishing rate and produces less change in polishing rate. There is provided a polishing pad which can make planarity improvement and scratch decrease compatible.

The invention provides a polishing pad by which optical materials such as lenses, reflecting mirrors etc., or materials requiring a high degree of surface planarity, as in the polishing of silicone wafers, glass substrates or aluminum substrates for hard disks, or general metal polishing, can be flattened with stability and high polishing efficiency. The invention also provides a polishing pad for semiconductor wafers, which is superior in planarizing characteristic, is free from scratches and can be produced at low cost. There is provided a polishing pad which is free from dechucking error so that neither damage to wafers nor decrease in operating efficiency occurs. There is provided a polishing pad which is satisfactory in planarity, within wafer uniformity, and polishing rate and produces less change in polishing rate. There is provided a polishing pad which can make planarity improvement and scratch decrease compatible.

A cyclone separator for separating a mixture containing solid particles, liquid and / or gas into a heavy fraction and a light fraction. the cyclone separator including an outer casing defining a flow space through which, the mixture is to flow and having an inlet for an incoming mixture. A first outlet for the separated light fraction and a second outlet for the separated heavy fraction and a flow body arranged in the outer casing and along which the mixture to be separated is carried. at least one swirl element arranged in the outer casing and between the flow body and the outer casing for setting the mixture into a rotating movement for the purpose of separating the mixture into the heavy and light fractions. an outlet element having a central, axially extending inner passage connected to the first outlet for discharge of the light fraction and an outer surface which, together with an inner surface of the outer casing, defines an outer passage connected to the second outlet for discharge of the heavy fraction, the outlet element being provided with one or more elongated openings through which the light fraction can enter the inner passage, the one or more elongate openings extending obliquely with respect to an axial direction of the outlet element.

It is provided a method for verifying digitized images of persons and apparatuses for performing the method. The method is particularly usable for verifying the suitability of an image of a person for identification of the person. The method comprises the steps: segmenting the image of a person in a background area and a head or face area, analyzing the head or face area, to detect at least one characteristic value, comparing the at least one characteristic value with at least one predetermined threshold value.

A dimming-control lighting apparatus for an incandescent electric lamp with less accompanying color temperature change, using a dimming power source installed in TV studios or theater stages, is disclosed. The voltage of the first filament whose rated voltage is lower than the maximum output voltage of a dimming power source rapidly rises to the sawtooth voltage of the dimming power source, and after the first filament reaches a constant color temperature, the output of the second filament having the same rated voltage as the maximum output voltage of the dimming power source is delayed to thereby light the second filament. Thyristors and connected to the first filament and the second filament, respectively, are operated by the control of control means based on the detection of the ignition phase angle of the sawtooth wave of the dimming power source to thereby light the first filament and the second filament (lamps), as mentioned above, so that dimming control having a smaller color temperature change is performed using the dimming power source.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive and retardation layer-attached polarizing plate (4) of the invention comprises a retardation layer-attached polarizing plate (3) comprising a polarizing plate (2) that comprises an iodine-based polarizer (1) and a transparent protective film laminated on both sides of the polarizer (1); and a retardation layer provided on at least one of the transparent protective films; and an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on the retardation layer side of the retardation layer-attached polarizing plate (3), wherein the iodine-based polarizer (1) has a ratio (K / I), which is the content (% by weight) of potassium (K) to the content (% by weight) of iodine (I) in the polarizer, of 0.200 to 0.235, the polarizing plate (2) comprises the iodine-based polarizer (1) and the transparent protective film laminated with an adhesive layer formed from a water-soluble adhesive containing an acetoacetyl group-containing polyvinyl alcohol resin and a crosslinking agent, the retardation layer-attached polarizing plate (3) has a measured dimensional shrinkage of 0.5% or less in the direction of its absorption axis after it is allowed to stand at 80° C. for 24 hours, the pressure-sensitive adhesive and retardation layer-attached polarizing plate (4) has a single-piece transmittance of 41.0% to 43.2%. The pressure-sensitive adhesive and retardation layer-attached polarizing plate can resist a change in optical properties and keep visibility high, even under heated or humidified conditions.

Provided is a magnetic carrier satisfying leakage, white spots, charging property and high developing performance in a low electric field and having excellent durability. The magnetic carrier is a magnetic carrier comprising a magnetic substance-dispersed resin carrier core containing a magnetic substance and a binder resin, and a coating resin on a surface thereof, wherein the magnetic substance comprises a magnetic substance A having a shape without vertexes and a magnetic substance B having a shape with vertexes, the magnetic substance B has a number average particle diameter of 0.40-2.00 μm, and in a reflection electron image of a section of the magnetic substance-dispersed resin carrier core taken by a scanning electron microscope, an area proportion of the magnetic substance B is larger than an area proportion of the magnetic substance A within a region from the surface of the magnetic substance-dispersed resin carrier core to a depth of 1.0 μm.

There are provided an endless belt for image-forming apparatuses comprising a molded product produced from a blended mixture containing a thermoplastic elastomer, a thermoplastic resin and a conductive substance, the said endless belt having properties satisfying the following formulae (1), (2) and (3): SR(100V) / SR(500V)<VR(100V) / VR(250)  (1) SR(100V) / SR(500V)≦30  (2) 8≦VR(100V) / VR(250V)≦100  (3) wherein SR(100V) represents a surface resistivity as measured by applying a voltage of 100V to the endless belt for 10 sec, SR(500V) represents a surface resistivity as measured by applying a voltage of 500V to the endless belt for 10 sec, VR(100V) represents a volume resistivity as measured by applying a voltage of 100V to the endless belt for 10 sec, and VR(250V) represents a volume resistivity as measured by applying a voltage of 250V to the endless belt for 10 sec. The endless belt for image-forming apparatuses is excellent in flexibility, chemical resistance, dimensional stability, electric resistivity and external environmental stability of these properties, is inexpensive, and is capable of achieving a high image quality and a high durability.

A method for communicating packets in a network environment is provided that includes communicating, by a first network element, a first summary update to a second network element. The method further includes receiving a second summary update from the second network element. The exchange of the first and second summary updates achieves adjacency between the first and second network elements. The first and second summary updates include, at least, locally generated state information and a single link state.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a stator component that is intended in operation to guide a gas flow and to transfer loads. The component is constructed of at least two sectors in the direction of its circumference. The sectors are cast in separate pieces, positioned adjacent to each other and joined together by welding.

An antireflection film includes, in a following order, a transparent substrate film; a medium refractive index layer; a high refractive index layer; and a low refractive index layer, wherein the medium refractive index layer is (A) a medium refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.60 to 1.64 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 55.0 to 65.0 nm, the high refractive index layer is (B) a high refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.70 to 1.74 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 105.0 to 115.0 nm, and the low refractive index layer is (C) a low refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.32 to 1.37 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness of 85.0 to 95.0 nm.

A vertical alignment liquid crystal panel based on a transverse electric field drive system is provided which shows few changes in color when looked squarely at. A liquid crystal panel (2) is a vertical alignment liquid crystal panel based on a transverse electric field drive system, which carries out a display by driving, with a transverse electric field, a liquid crystal layer (50) sandwiched between substrates (10, 20), and the substrate (10) is provided with an insulating layer (25) having at least two regions that are different in relative permittivity from each other in a pixel (6) composed of a red subpixel (6R), a green subpixel (6G), and a blue subpixel (6B). Those regions of the insulating layer (25) which correspond to the blue, green, and red subpixel (6B, 6G, 6R) in the liquid crystal panel (2) have relative permittivities of 3, 3 to 7, and 4 to 7, respectively.