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An ostomy faceplate and its method of application are disclosed in which the faceplate comprises an annular adhesive wafer of soft, moisture-absorbent, memory-free, essentially non-elastic and finger-moldable adhesive skin barrier material, the wafer's distal surface having an outer zone terminating at the outer periphery of the wafer and an inner zone extending inwardly from the inner limits of the outer zone to a stoma-receiving opening at the inner periphery of the wafer. The faceplate also includes a flexible backing layer covering the outer zone and a removable cover member having a smooth surface releasably covering the proximal bodyside surface of the wafer. The distal surface of the inner zone has undulations defined by a plurality of concentric ridges and valleys with the ridges progressively diminishing in thickness, when measured by the distance between the distal and proximal surfaces at each ridge, as the series progresses inwardly from the maximum thickness of the wafer towards the stoma-receiving opening. The method of application includes both a preliminary molding step and a secondary molding step.

A modular marine vessel has a variable hull and a plurality of boat forming modules including a bow section module, a load section module having a bow end and an aft end, and a bulkhead forming module is detachably connected to each bow and aft end of the load section module. The bulkhead forming module that is connected at the bow end of the load section module is detachably connected to the bow section module. Each boat forming and bulkhead forming module includes a topside section and a hull bottom side section. The topside section of each boat forming module has a shell gunnel portion, and the hull bottom side section of each boat forming module has a pivotally mounted bottom shell hull portion. The gunnel and hull portions of the load and bow section modules are detachably connected end-to-end, and sealingly juxtaposed the detachably connected bulkhead forming module to prevent water from entering the boat when the boat engages water. The bottom shell hull portion is pivotally mounted across a keel tunnel using a pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, or electro-mechanical actuator to form a preselected hull shape as desired. Novel mechanisms for sealing module connections, for module attachment, for pivoting hull panels, for hull pivot drives, and energy conversion systems for the marine vessel of the invention are disclosed.

In a fuel injection valve, a substantially arc-shaped chamfered portion in a substantially arc shape of cross section is formed on an edge of an inner wall portion of each opening end of a corresponding nozzle hole of a nozzle plate to further expand a whole diameter of an injection stream of fuel passed through a plurality of obliquely penetrated nozzle holes. In a manufacturing method for the nozzle plate, circulating a fluid mixed with an abrasive through each nozzle hole is carried out to polish opening ends of the respective nozzle holes which are faced against the external of the fuel injection valve in a form of substantially arc shape of cross section with the abrasive. Furthermore, grinding the respective major surfaces of a punched plate material which becomes the nozzle plate together with vicinities to the respective opening ends of the nozzle holes is carried out.

A wind oscillator configured for power generation is provided. The wind oscillator includes an upwardly oriented elongate rotatable support beam configured to rotate to enable the wind oscillator to be approximately oriented with respect to a wind direction, a bracket supported by the support beam, the bracket extending transversely and outward therefrom, a shaft operably connected to the bracket at a first end of the shaft, and a gear attached to a second end of the shaft. The wind oscillator further includes an oscillating arm pivotably disposed approximately atop of said support beam, wherein the shaft is disposed upon the oscillating arm, and the oscillating arm being configured to move upwardly and downwardly with respect to the support beam in a reciprocating arrangement, an elongate transverse bar supported by a first end of the oscillating arm, elongate first and second wing bars oriented transversely with respect to the elongate transverse bar, wherein the oscillating arm, the elongate transverse bar, and the wing bars are on approximately a same plane, and a leading wing rotatably connected to and extending between the first and second wing bars.

The disclosure generally relates to a canine vest, and a mounting system for mounting a device, such as camera, to the canine vest. The mounting system can include two mounting bases and a mounting plate. Each mounting base can include both a first attachment portion configured for at least partially securing the mounting base to the canine vest, and a second attachment portion configured for at least partially securing the mounting base to the mounting plate.

Disclosed are an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. A metal wiring consisting of a lower metal wiring, an upper metal wiring, and a plug connecting the lower and upper metal wirings, in which the lower and upper metal wiring are made of a transparent conductive film pattern, is formed on a substrate with devices formed thereon, the devices including a photodiode and gate electrodes. Then, a passivation film, a color filter, and a microlens are sequentially formed on the metal wiring. All or a portion of the metal wiring is formed in a transparent conductive film pattern. As such, the metal wiring is formed on the photodiode.

In a radiographic image-capturing system and radiographic image capturing method, a first image capturing process is performed, in which radiation is applied to a subject from at least one radiation source from among at least two radiation sources, whereby a first radiographic image is acquired. Based on the first radiographic image, respective doses of radiation to be emitted from the at least two radiation sources are weighted, and in accordance with such weighting, a second image capturing process is carried out, in which the respective radiation is applied to the subject from the at least two radiation sources.

A vehicle occupants protection system wherein a front pillar garnish is mounted on a passenger compartment side of a front pillar which supports a roof with a predetermined amount of space being maintained therebetween for accommodating a side airbag, as well as a small impact absorbing member for absorbing an impact of such a small magnitude that the side airbag remains unopened, whereby the side airbag is inflated by gas generated when an impact of a predetermined magnitude or more is applied to a side of a vehicle so as to expand into a passenger compartment while forcibly opening one end portion of the front pillar garnish. A bottom surface of the small impact absorbing member is divided into two portions, a rear half portion located closer to the side airbag and a front half portion located farther away from the side airbag. Only the front half portion is attached to the front pillar garnish.

A motion based screen control method which can easily enlarge or reduce an image of a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes determining whether to enlarge or reduce an image within an image viewer screen by detecting a double tap touch input from a user when an image viewer function is performed; and controlling to gradually enlarge or reduce the image according to a degree of a motion of the mobile terminal or a direction of the motion while a touch input is maintained. Thus, the user may control the screen to enlarge or reduce the image to a desired size while the user holds the mobile terminal in one hand.

Provided is an endoscopic surgical device and an overtube with which a surgeon can easily obtain a desired image and operability is high. The overtube includes a slider within an overtube body, which guides an endoscope and a treatment tool into a body cavity. An endoscope-coupled part and a treatment tool-coupled part are provided inside the slider, and the slider has a dead zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool does not interlock with the movement of the other and a sensing zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool interlocks with the movement of the other. F1>F2 is satisfied when a fixing force for fixing the endoscope-coupled part to the endoscope tool is defined as F1 and a fixing force for fixing the treatment tool-coupled part to the treatment tool is defined as F2.

The overtube includes a slider within an overtube body, which guides an endoscope and a treatment tool. An endoscope-coupled part and a treatment tool-coupled part are provided inside the slider, and the slider has a dead zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool does not interlock with the movement of the other and a sensing zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool interlocks with the movement of the other. The overtube body includes a distal-end-side stopper and a base-end-side stopper that restrict the movable range of the slider. A length L from a coupling position of the endoscope to a distal end position of the overtube body and a length Ls from the coupling position of the endoscope to a distal end position of the endoscope are set to satisfy Ls≧L.

(Problems) The object of the present invention is to provide an inverted-opal structure which is excellent in biodegradability, biocompatibility, and pH responsiveness, has specific light reflection property due to three-dimensionally-ordered-pores formed therein, is capable of releasing a drug autonomously and intermittently by responding rapidly to pH change, and is capable of measuring the drug-release associated with its biodegradation by an optical means rapidly in a simple and easy way; a method for manufacturing the inverted-opal structure; a medical implant comprising the inverted-opal structure; a method for enlarging the pore diameter; and a method for measuring the release-amount of a drug held in the inverted-opal structure.

(Means for Solving Problems) The present invention provides a biodegradable inverted-opal structure comprising an aliphatic polyester; and a method for manufacturing a biodegradable inverted-opal structure, comprising the steps of: (1) producing a colloidal crystal from a silica particle or a polystyrene particle; (2) immersing the colloidal crystal in a solution including a monomer from which the aliphatic polyester is formed; (3) thermally-polymerizing the monomer under a pressurized condition in order to obtain a composition of the colloidal crystal coated with the aliphatic polyester; and (4) removing the silica particle from said composition by etching, or removing the polystyrene particle from said composition by eluting the polystyrene particle with an organic solvent in order to obtain the biodegradable inverted-opal structure.

Provided is an endoscopic surgical device and an overtube with which a surgeon can easily obtain a desired image and in which operability is high. The overtube includes a slider within an overtube body, which guides an endoscope and a treatment tool into a body cavity. An endoscope-coupled part and a treatment tool-coupled part are provided inside the slider, and the slider has a dead zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool does not interlock with the movement of the other and a sensing zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool interlocks with the movement of the other. The overtube body is configured to allow the treatment tool to rotate around an axis thereof without changing the positional relationship of the endoscope and the treatment tool with respect to the overtube body.