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A method for reducing a dielectric constant of a film includes (i) forming a dielectric film on a substrate; (ii) treating a surface of the film without film formation, and (III) curing the film. Step (i) includes providing a dielectric film containing a porous matrix and a porogen on a substrate, step (ii) includes, prior to or subsequent to step (iii), treating the dielectric film with charged species of hydrogen generated by capacitively-coupled plasma without film deposition to reduce a dielectric constant of the dielectric film, and step (iii) includes UV-curing the dielectric film to remove at least partially the porogen from the film.

A biodegradable fixation element is provided for anchoring a transplant on bone. A rigid body is made of a biodegradable material, said body having an outer side and a hollow interior surrounded by a wall of said body. Numerous perforations are provided in said wall of said body for allowing growth of bone material into said interior of said body via said numerous perforations. It is proposed that the perforations are formed between said anchoring members and said perforations are formed as holes passing through said wall of said body (FIG. 1).

One aspect of the present invention generally relates to methods of sealing a wound or tissue plane or filling a void splace. In a preferred embodiment, the wound is an ophthalmic, pleural or dural wound. In certain instances, the compositions used to seal the wound or tissue plane comprises a polyalkyleneamine. In a preferred embodiment, the polyalkyleneamine is polyethyleneimine. Treatment of the polyethyleneimine with a cross-linking reagent causes the polyethyleneimine polymers to polymerize forming a seal. In certain instances, the cross-linking reagent is a polyethylene glycol having reactive terminal groups. In certain instances, the reactive terminal groups are activated esters, such as N-hydroxy succinimide ester. In certain instances, the reactive terminal groups are isocyanates. In certain instances, the polyethyleneimine has a lysine, cysteine, isocysteine or other nucleophilic group attached to the periphery of the polymer. In certain instances, the polyethyleneimine is mixed with a second polymer, such as a polyethylene glycol containing nucleophilic groups. In certain instances, the compositions used to seal the wound or tissue plane are formed by reacting a polyalkyleneamine bearing electrophilic groups with a cross-linking reagent containing nucleophilic groups. In certain instances, the electrophilic groups on the polyalkyleneamine are activated esters, such as N-hydroxy succinimide ester. In certain instances, the compositions used to seal the wound or tissue plane are formed by reacting a polyalkyleneamine bearing photopolymerizable groups with ultraviolet or visibile light. Compositions used to seal the wound which contain PEI or a derivative of PEI are found to adhere tightly to the tissue. Other aspects of the present invention relate to methods of filling a void of a patient or adhering tissue. In certain instances, the methods use a polyalkyleneamine. In a preferred embodiment, the polyalkyleneamine is polyethyleneimine. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a polymeric composition formed by exposing a polyalkyleneamine to an activated polyalkylene glycol. In certain instances, the composition is attached to mammalian tissue.

An image display device (10) has a main display body (1) provided with a thin display unit (2), a low-frequency loudspeaker (woofer) (3) and two middle and high frequency loudspeakers (tweeters) (4a, 4b) and a stand (8) supporting the main display body (1). The stand (8) has a base (6) being just opposite at its top surface to a duct outlet of the woofer (3) , thereby sound emitted from the duct can be constantly absorbed by and reflected from the base and provided with the stable quality without influence of the floor's material. A housing containing the first loudspeaker and a pair of the second loudspeakers has a plurality of through holes formed in a first area corresponding to an aperture of each loudspeaker (3, 4a, 4b) and a plurality of blind holes formed in a second area surrounding the first area, wherein the second area for the first loudspeaker is different in peripheral shape and / or size from the second area for each of the second pair of loudspeakers. The above arrangement can attain an improved sound field expanding effect by using one woofer and two tweeters, attaining the sophisticated design of the loudspeaker system.

The present invention discloses a three-dimensional porous growth surface made from polysaccharide material, especially the alginic acid, to enhance cell growth surface, promote cell adherence, immobilization and propagation, maintain surface structure integrity, enable programmable degradation, and thus increase cellular production. The present invention teaches several methods: a method to enhance the integrity of the growth surface by protecting the growth surface in a rigid solid support; a method of use for enhancing the performance of the surface; and a method of modifying a growth surface for eukaryotic and / or prokaryotic cells comprising the steps of increasing surface area by creating porous and 3-D structure, treating a surface to encourage cell attachment, promoting cell growth and proliferation, and disposing the growth surface in any conventional cell cultivating device. The growth surface is able to program degradation and release the cell / tissue mass after the culture is completed.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an ID chip in which gain of an antenna is increased and the mechanical strength of an integrated circuit can be enhanced without suppressing a circuit scale. A semiconductor device typified by an ID chip of the present invention includes an integrated circuit using a semiconductor element formed from a thin semiconductor film and an antenna connected to the integrated circuit. The antenna and the integrated circuit are formed on a substrate, and a conducting wire or a conductive film included in the antenna is divided into two layers and formed so as to sandwich the substrate provided with the integrated circuit.

Silicon / carbon composite material, consisting of at least one capsule comprising a silicon shell within which there are carbon nano-objects partially or totally covered with silicon, and silicon nano-objects. The capsule may further comprise an amorphous carbon shell inside the silicon shell and adjacent to the latter. A method for preparing said composite material is disclosed.

A claw-pole type stepping motor comprises: a rotor assembly shaped substantially cylindrical, and having a center shaft; and a stator assembly composed of two cup-shaped stator units which are coupled to each other coaxially so as to axially sandwich the rotor assembly, and which each include a bobbin having a magnet wire wound therearound, and two pole tooth arrays magnetically connected to each other and shifted in phase from each other by an electrical angle of 180 degrees. In the motor, each stator unit further includes a cover ring which protects the magnet wire wound around the bobbin against resin injected when the stator unit is resin-molded for an integrated solid structure. The motor structured as described above can be successfully resin-molded so as to enable elimination of a motor case, thus achieving downsizing for the dimension of the eliminated motor case while maintaining a sufficient mechanical strength.

The invention discloses a high-temperature-resisting composite isolation film which is suitable to be used as an isolation film in a lithium ion battery, and a preparation method thereof. The invention aims at solving the problem in the existing lithium ion battery that the isolation film has poor high-temperature resistance, so that thermo-runaway can occur. The high-temperature-resisting composite isolation film provided by the invention is prepared through dry compound of a polyphenylene sulfide film and a polyolefin micro-porous film. A polyphenylene sulfide film-casting mother liquor is subjected to on-line extrusion and film casting; an obtained film is subjected to dry compound with the polyolefin micro-porous film; and an obtained composite film is subjected to extraction, washing, and drying, such that the high-temperature-resisting composite isolation film is prepared. The high-temperature-resisting composite isolation film provided by the invention can resist a high temperature of 250 DEG C. The film is especially suitable to be applied in lithium ion batteries, and is suitable to be applied as an isolation film in other chemical storage batteries and super-capacitors.

A socket body and a header body are respectively reinforced by inserted reinforcing members, so that a protruding table in a plug groove of the socket body is eliminated and a width dimension thereof is reduced. The socket body is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape by resin molding, and a pair of socket reinforcing members is inserted into both end portions in longitudinal direction, each having a pair of fixed portions respectively protruding outward from lower ends of side walls of the socket body and a coupling portion for coupling between a pair of the fixed portions. A plug groove of substantially rectangular shape is formed at center portion of the socket body, and plural pairs of socket contacts are respectively arranged in two lines on both side walls in longitudinal direction along the plug groove. Header reinforcing metal fittings formed on the same base metal and having substantially the same cross section as that of the header posts are integrally inserted into both end portions of the header body in the longitudinal direction.

The present invention relates to a circuit board having an interposer embedded therein, including: an interposer, the top side and back side of which are electrically connected by a first through-electrode; and a molding member having the interposer embedded therein and the top side and back side of the interposer exposed. According to the present invention, the molding member of an insulator and the interposer of a semiconductor can be appropriately selected and coupled according to the required fine pitch of a through-hole, and the interposer is molded on substantially the same level as a semiconductor chip, and thus no additional process for embedding the interposer needs to be added.

A semiconductor device such as an ID chip of the present invention includes an integrated circuit using a semiconductor element formed by using a thin semiconductor film, and an antenna connected to the integrated circuit. It is preferable that the antenna is formed integrally with the integrated circuit, since the mechanical strength of an ID chip can be enhanced. Note that the antenna used in the present invention also includes a conducting wire that is wound round circularly or spirally and fine particles of a soft magnetic material are arranged between the conducting wires. Specifically, an insulating layer in which fine particles of a soft magnetic material are arranged between the conducting wires. Specifically, an insulating layer in which fine particles of a soft magnetic material are included is arranged between the conducting wires.

A socket body and a header body are respectively reinforced by inserted reinforcing members, so that a protruding table in a plug groove of the socket body is eliminated and a width dimension thereof is reduced. The socket body is formed in a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape by resin molding, and a pair of socket reinforcing members is inserted into both end portions in longitudinal direction, each having a pair of fixed portions respectively protruding outward from lower ends of side walls of the socket body and a coupling portion for coupling between a pair of the fixed portions. A plug groove of substantially rectangular shape is formed at center portion of the socket body, and plural pairs of socket contacts are respectively arranged in two lines on both side walls in longitudinal direction along the plug groove. Header reinforcing metal fittings formed on the same base metal and having substantially the same cross section as that of the header posts are integrally inserted into both end portions of the header body in the longitudinal direction.

An image display device has a main display body provided with a thin display unit, a low-frequency loudspeaker (woofer) and two middle and high frequency loudspeakers (tweeters) and a stand supporting the main display body. The stand has a base being just opposite at its top surface to a duct outlet of the woofer, thereby sound emitted from the duct can be constantly absorbed by and reflected from the base. A housing containing the first loudspeaker and a pair of the second loudspeakers has a plurality of through holes formed in a first area corresponding to an aperture of each loudspeaker and a plurality of blind holes formed in a second area surrounding the first area, wherein the second area for the first loudspeaker is different in peripheral shape and / or size from the second area for each of the second pair of loudspeakers.

The present invention discloses a strengthening structure of a plastic casing of an elevating motor, and the casing of a transmission gear box of the elevating motor includes a front casing and a rear casing, both made of a light-weight plastic material, and a metal reinforced plate installed at a position of the casing with maximum exerted propping force and torque and perpendicular to a bushing to form a rigid support structure for propping and supporting the casing, such that a load can be supported uniformly by the whole piece of the metal reinforced plate to overcome the problem of cracking a contact surface easily in the prior art, and achieve the effects of reducing the overall weight, maintaining the mechanical strength, extending the using life and providing a smooth transmission.

A method of manufacturing an ink-jet head according to the present invention includes a step of providing a vibration plate in which grooves associated with respective pressure chambers are formed on a surface of the vibration plate, and a piezoelectric layer forming step of forming a piezoelectric layer by depositing particles of a piezoelectric material on the surface of the vibration plate on an opposite side of a channel unit. Since grooves corresponding to the grooves in the vibration plate are formed also in the piezoelectric layer, it is possible to reduce a cross talk between operating sections of the piezoelectric layer. Further, chip and crack is hardly developed in the piezoelectric layer.

Methods are described to make strong, tough, and / or lightweight glass-ceramic composites having a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase generated by viscous reaction sintering of a complex mixture of oxides and other materials. The present invention further relates to strong, tough, and lightweight glass-ceramic composites that can be used as proppants and for other uses.

The invention discloses a porous metal cervical interbody fusion cage for directionally and slowly releasing rhBMP. The cervical interbody fusion cage is manufactured through the following process that firstly, a base body of the porous metal cervical interbody fusion cage is manufactured through the 3D printing technology; then a slow release system carrying rhBMP is injected into the porous metal cervical interbody fusion cage, cooling and drying are conducted, and then the porous metal cervical interbody fusion cage can be obtained. The manufactured cervical interbody fusion cage has the elasticity modulus similar to that of a natural bone, and can directionally and slowly release rhBMP, long-term and stable bone tissue ingrowth induction is achieved accordingly, the combination problem of a bone-material interface is solved, and osseointegration capacity is improved.

A semi-crystalline, absorbable copolyester composition comprising the reaction product of a polycondensation polyester and at least one lactone, wherein the polycondensation polyester comprises the reaction product of diglycolic acid and / or a derivative thereof and diethylene glycol; and the copolyester comprises about 30 to 50% by weight of the polycondensation polyester based on the total weight of the copolyester.

In a liquid crystal display device enabling three-dimensional display using a liquid crystal lens, both mechanical strength and a liquid crystal lens effect are satisfied. The liquid crystal lens is bonded onto an upper polarizing plate of a liquid crystal display panel with a bonding material. The liquid crystal lens includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. The upper substrate of liquid crystal lens has a thickness larger than a total of the thickness of the lower substrate of the liquid crystal lens and the thickness of the liquid crystal display panel. Thereby, it is possible to realize a liquid crystal display device satisfying both the mechanical strength and liquid crystal lens effect.

A light emitting device including; a base body having a base material that includes a first main face that has a lengthwise direction and a short-side direction that is perpendicular to the lengthwise direction, a second main face on the opposite side from the first main face, a first end face that extends in the lengthwise direction, and a second end face that extends in the short-side direction, and connection terminals that are provided on the first main face of the base material; and a light emitting element that is installed on the first main face and is connected to the connection terminals, the first end face of the base material has a recess that is contiguous with the first main face and the second end face and / or is contiguous with the second main face and the second end face, a length of the recess in a lengthwise direction is greater than a depth in a short-side direction, and the connection terminals are provided extending over the recess.

A fluid controller is disclosed, having a body unit, a fluid controlling valve, pressure sensors, and a casing. The fluid controlling valve is attached to a component part attachment face of the body unit. The pressure sensors are attached to the component part attachment face so that the pressure sensing surfaces thereof are positioned substantially perpendicular to the component part attachment face and substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction. On the lateral walls of the casing, the inner surfaces thereof are arranged to be uneven, so that such sections facing the fluid controlling valve and the pressure sensors are arranged to be thin sections, whereas at least a part of such a section that does not face the fluid controlling valve and the pressure sensors is arranged to be a thick section that is thicker than the thin sections.

An object of the present invention is to provide a biaxially oriented film suitable as a reinforcing member for an electrolyte membrane of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, the film having excellent hot water resistance in a high-temperature and high-humidity use environment and being capable of maintaining the reinforcing effect for a prolonged period of time. The invention resides in a biaxially oriented film for reinforcing an electrolyte membrane of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, the film being characterized in that the film (i) contains syndiotactic polystyrene as a major component and (ii) has a Young's modulus in at least one of the machine direction and the transverse direction ranging from 4,500 to 8,000 MPa.

The present invention provides a thin and bendable semiconductor device utilizing an advantage of a flexible substrate used in the semiconductor device, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device has at least one surface covered by an insulating layer which serves as a substrate for protection. In the semiconductor device, the insulating layer is formed over a conductive layer serving as an antenna such that the value in the thickness ratio of the insulating layer in a portion not covering the conductive layer to the conductive layer is at least 1.2, and the value in the thickness ratio of the insulating layer formed over the conductive layer to the conductive layer is at least 0.2. Further, not the conductive layer but the insulating layer is exposed in the side face of the semiconductor device, and the insulating layer covers a TFT and the conductive layer. In addition, a substrate covering an element formation layer side is a substrate having a support on its surface is used in the manufacturing process.

The present invention concerns a process for enriching the aroma profile of beverages, especially beer and wine, by means of extraction, using pervaporation, of aromas from the original beverage and subsequent addition of the extracted aromas to the beverage, after total or partial dealcoholization. The original beverage (1) is fed to the membrane separation module (4) wherein the permeate side (5) is under vacuum, provided by a vacuum pump (12). The feed contacts with the membrane surface and the aromas are selectively permeated to the permeate side of the membrane, where they suffer evaporation. The vapor permeate stream (5) is condensed (10) at an appropriate temperature, which can be cryogenic. After the aroma extraction, the beverage (6) is fed to a dealcoholization unit (14) for obtaining a non-alcoholic drink (15), however depleted in aroma compounds. Finally, the extracted aromas (10) are added to the dealcoholized beverage, thus an aroma enriched product (16) being obtained without considerably increasing its alcohol content.

There are provided a printing head substrate, an ink jet printing head and an ink jet printing apparatus, which accurately detect a temperature state in the central part of a heater array on the substrate and restrict an area of the substrate to a minimum. A printing head substrate has a plurality of heating elements, a plurality of ink supply openings, a logic circuit for driving the heating elements; a substrate temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of the printing head substrate, and input and output pads for carrying out reception and supply of a signal between a printing apparatus, and the logic circuit and the substrate temperature detecting element, wherein a beam integral with the substrate is provided between the plurality of ink supply openings, and the substrate temperature detecting element is arranged on the beam.