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The present invention relates to novel methods and systems for determining the interaction of molecules using the phenomenon of Taylor-Aris dispersion present in fluid flow in conduits. The method involves relating a change in dispersion of molecules to their level of interaction. The present invention also relates to an assay method using Taylor-Aris dispersion in a microfluidic system in order to examine molecular interactions in a variety of chemical and biochemical systems.

This invention relates to a heat spread sheet material comprised of hexagonal boron nitride with adhesives. Extraction process for adhesive coating greatly decreases the adhesive fraction and provides an evenly distributed thin adhesive film on the surface of hexagonal boron nitride powders. This sheet material shows a layer structure and anisotropic properties. With 10 vol % (5.5 wt %) of phenolic epoxy, thermal conductivity along the base plane of the sheet reaches 48 W / m·K, and CTE reaches 3.5 ppm / K.

A light emitting device having a simple structure that can be easily manufactured, attaining high light emitting efficiency stably for a long time is obtained, which light emitting device includes: a GaN substrate as a nitride semiconductor substrate and, on a first main surface of the nitride semiconductor substrate, an n-type AlxGa1-xN layer, a p-type AlxGa1-xN layer positioned further than the n-type AlxGa1-xN layer viewed from the nitride semiconductor substrate, and a quantum well positioned between the n-type AlxGa1-xN layer and the p-type AlxGa1-xN layer. In the light emitting device, specific resistance of the nitride semiconductor substrate is at most 0.5 Ω·cm, the side of p-type AlxGa1-xN layer is mounted face-down, and the light is emitted from the second main surface 1a that is opposite to the first main surface of the nitride semiconductor substrate. The second main surface 1a of nitride semiconductor substrate has trenches formed therein.

An image transmitting apparatus includes a region detecting unit detecting, in an image, a region of interest matching a predetermined condition; a resolution converting unit selecting, for reducing resolution of the image, an image passed through a low-pass filter as an image outside the detected region of interest and an image not passed through the low-pass filter as an image inside the region of interest; and a transmitting unit transmitting the image with reduced resolution and positional information of the region of interest. An image receiving apparatus includes a resolution restoring unit performing image quality improvement processing on the region of interest obtained from the positional information and included in the image transmitted from the image transmitting apparatus so as to increase resolution in the region of interest; and a combining unit combining the image inside the processed region of interest with the image outside the region of interest.

Provided are a dynamic channel / power allocation method for an FRP-based OFDMA system and a frame / slot structure capable of supporting the dynamic channel / power allocation method. In the FRP-based OFDMA system, each of cells has an inner cell, an outer cell and a plurality of sectors and performs data communication with a plurality of MSs therein through one or more orthogonal subchannel groups. In the dynamic channel / power allocation method, a BS receives a feedback channel condition from an MS provided with a service of the BS and allocates a subchannel group with a high SINR to each MS in consideration of the fairness and the distance information of each MS. Power is allocated to each MS on the basis of the conditions of a channel allocated to each MS, thereby obtaining a multi-user diversity gain.

An endoluminal stent composed of a plurality of circumferential expansion elements arrayed to form the circumference of the stent and extending along the longitudinal axis of the stent, and a plurality of interconnecting members that interconnect adjacent pairs of circumferential expansion elements, the interconnecting members joining struts of adjacent pairs of interconnecting members at approximate mid-points of the struts.

The electrode lengths of a plurality of electrodes linearly arranged in an acceleration cavity are proportional to the velocity of a traveling ion beam. Further, the electrode length is so designated that, in each half of a predetermined cycle in the ion beam direction of travel, the absolute value of a difference, relative to a length that is proportional to the beam traveling velocity is equal to or greater than a value corresponding to the phase width of the traveling ion beam, is provided for electrodes that do not exceed three units and that are fewer than electrodes allotted to half the predetermined cycle.

The invention provides a low cost method of manufacturing high capacity preforms by chemical vapor deposition. More particularly, there is described a method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform, which method comprises the steps of providing a substrate tube of silica doped with sufficient chlorine to obtain an OH concentration of less than 100 ppb and doped with sufficient fluorine proportional to the chlorine doping to obtain a refractive index that is lower than that of a natural silica, depositing inner cladding and an optical core inside the substrate tube, collapsing the substrate tube to form a primary preform, and depositing outer cladding of said natural silica on the resulting primary preform. The invention is applicable to manufacturing optical fibers.

An endoluminal stent composed of a plurality of first structural elements arrayed to form the circumference of the stent and extending along the longitudinal axis of the stent, and a plurality of second structural elements that interconnect adjacent pairs of first structural elements. The plurality of first structural elements have either a linear shape or a generally sinusoidal configuration with either a regular or irregular periodicity or regions of regular and regions of irregular periodicity between the peaks and troughs of the pattern, with the peaks and troughs projecting from the first structural elements in the circumferential axis. The plurality of second structural elements are generally linear or sinusoidal-shaped members which interconnect an apex of a peak of one of the plurality of first structural elements with an apex of a valley of a second and adjacent one of the plurality of first structural elements. Each of the plurality of second structural elements are generally oriented parallel to the circumferential axis of the stent.

The control of fluid introduction into and out of body conduits such as vessels, is of great concern in medicine. As the development of more particular treatments to vessels and organs continues it is apparent that controlled introduction and removal of fluids is necessary. Fluid delivery and removal from such sites, usually referred to as irrigation and aspiration, using fluid exchange devices that control also need to be considerate of potential volume and / or pressure in the vessel or organ are described together with catheter and lumen configurations to achieve the fluid exchange. The devices include several electrically or mechanically controlled embodiments and produce both controlled and localized flow with defined volume exchange ratios for fluid management. The applications in medicine include diagnostic, therapeutic, imaging, and uses for the introduction or removal of concentrations of emboli within body cavities.

An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens; an eighth lens; and a ninth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The ninth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspherical shape having an inflection point.

An infrared imaging optical system includes a front lens group having negative optical power, wherein the front lens group comprises a front lens having a refractive index of from about 2.0 to about 3.0; an intermediate lens group that receives an infrared light beam from the front lens group, wherein the intermediate lens group comprises an intermediate lens having a refractive index of from about 1.35 to about 2.0; and a rear lens group having positive optical power, wherein the rear lens group receives the infrared light beam from the intermediate lens group, wherein the rear lens group comprises a rear lens having a refractive index of from about 2.0 to about 3.0, and wherein at least two of the front lens, the intermediate lens, and the rear lens have at least one aspheric surface thereon. The infrared imaging optical system further includes an infrared detector that receives the infrared light beam from the rear lens group. There is a pupil located between the rear lens group and the detector. There preferably is a cold shield around the detector having an opening therein at the pupil.

An exhaust purifying system for an internal combustion engine is provided with a plurality of DPFs (30a and 30b) branched and connected to an exhaust passage (15) for collecting particulate matter in an exhaust gas and an ozone supplier for supplying ozone to the upstream side of each of the plurality of DPFs (30a and 30b). The system respectively changes a ratio of a supply amount of the exhaust gas and a ratio of a supply amount of the ozone between the plurality of DPFs (30a and 30b).

The control of fluid introduction into and out of body conduits such as vessels, is of great concern in medicine. As the development of more particular treatments to vessels and organs continues it is apparent that controlled introduction and removal of fluids is necessary. Fluid delivery and removal from such sites, usually referred to as irrigation and aspiration, using fluid exchange devices that control also need to be considerate of potential volume and / or pressure in the vessel or organ are described together with catheter and lumen configurations to achieve the fluid exchange. The devices include several electrically or mechanically controlled embodiments and produce both controlled and localized flow with defined volume exchange ratios for fluid management. The applications in medicine include diagnostic, therapeutic, imaging, and uses for the introduction or removal of concentrations of emboli within body cavities.

An exhaust purifying system for an internal combustion engine is provided with a plurality of DPFs (30a and 30b) branched and connected to an exhaust passage (15) for collecting particulate matter in an exhaust gas and an ozone supplier for supplying ozone to the upstream side of each of the plurality of DPFs (30a and 30b). The system respectively changes a ratio of a supply amount of the exhaust gas and a ratio of a supply amount of the ozone between the plurality of DPFs (30a and 30b).

The embodiments of the present invention provide a Ge-based NMOS device structure and a method for fabricating the same. By using the method, double dielectric layers of germanium oxide (GeO2) and metal oxide are deposited between the source / drain region and the substrate. The present invention not only reduces the electron Schottky barrier height of metal / Ge contact, but also improves the current switching ratio of the Ge-based Schottky and therefore, it will improve the performance of the Ge-based Schottky NMOS transistor. In addition, the fabrication process is very easy and completely compatible with the silicon CMOS process. As compared with conventional fabrication method, the Ge-based NMOS device structure and the fabrication method in the present invention can easily and effectively improve the performance of the Ge-based Schottky NMOS transistor.

An electronic apparatus is provided for dispensing plural component materials having first and second (and optionally third) components and a desired ratio between the components. The apparatus has first and second reciprocating pumps (4), each of the pumps (4) being connected to a source of one of said components, first and second reciprocating drivers (5), each driver (5) being connected to drive one of the pumps and forming a driver-pump set, a position sensor (6) attached to each driver-pump set, each position sensor (6) outputting increments of resolution corresponding to a fixed volume being pumped by the driver-pump set to which it is connected, and a controller attached to the drivers and the position sensors to alternately move one of the driver-pump sets one said increment and the other of the driver-pump sets the product of one increment and the ratio.

A DC—DC converter that receives input of a direct current voltage such as a battery and supplies a controlled direct current voltage to a load is simplified. It comprises a voltage step-down converter section consisting of a first switch 2, a first rectifying means 3 and an inductor 4, a voltage step-up converter section consisting of an inductor 4, a second switch 5 and a second rectifying means 6, and a control section consisting of an output capacitor 7, an error amplifying circuit 10, an oscillation circuit 11 and a pulse width control circuit 12. An oscillation voltage Vt from the oscillation circuit 11 is compared with an error voltage Ve from the error amplifying circuit 10 and a duty ratio of each switch is adjusted to control the operation of voltage step-down, voltage step-up and step-down, and voltage step-up.

The present invention aims to provide an electronic component capable of reducing the occurrence of cracks at the joining portion with a board etc. A capacitor 1 (laminated ceramic capacitor) being one example of the electronic component of the present invention is provided with an element assembly 10 (ceramic) and a pair of external electrodes 20 formed on both side surfaces of the element assembly. In the element assembly 10, a dielectric layer 12 and an internal electrode 14 are laminated alternately. The external electrode 14 has such constitution that a first electrode layer connected with the internal electrode 14, a second electrode layer (electroconductive resin layer) including a hardened product of epoxy resin containing an epoxy compound having a molecular weight of 2000 or more and plural epoxy groups as the base compound, a third electrode layer composed of Ni and a fourth electrode layer composed of Sn are formed in this order from the element assembly side.

A processing process and a processing equipment for the extrusion of oilseeds during the process of pretreating oilseeds for solvent extraction of oil to produce oils. The process and a processing equipment provides a reasonable parameters for the processing process for the extrusion of oilseeds, and the reasonable structure and parameters of the processing equipment for the extrusion of oilseeds which has a whole of cylinder-conical-cylinder combinational screws having a relatively small length-diameter ratio and a relatively large compression ratio, so that the extruded oilseed materials have a residual oil <1.0% and the extraction capability is increased by 60%-130% compared to prior art equipments. The processes and equipments for oilseeds cracking, softening, flaking and cooking used in the traditional process of pretreating oilseeds for solvent extraction of oil can be eliminated. Also can be eliminated are the processes and equipments for oilseeds cracking, softening, flaking, drying as well as for injection of steam and cooling water into the extruded oilseed materials, used in the domestic and over sea extrusion processes in the pretreatment of oilseeds for solvent extraction of oil.

The invention relates to an electromechanical actuator 100 for hearing applications comprising one or more permanent magnets 10 and one or more magnetically permeable members 20 arranged to form a stator 50 and armature 70 arranged to provide one or more magnetic flux circuits 80, 80′ configured to give rise, in the armature seat 52, to a position of unstable equilibrium for the armature 70 along the longitudinal A-A′ axis and regions either side of the position of unstable equilibrium along the longitudinal A-A′ axis where the armature applies a destabilization-driven force to the compliant member that decreases the effective rigidity of the compliant member that retains to armature in a neutral position. The invention also relates to a hearing aid system incorporating the electromagnetic actuator.

An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens; an eighth lens; and a ninth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The ninth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has an aspherical shape having an inflection point.

[Problem] To provide a flip-chip mounting method and a bump formation method applicable to flip-chip mounting of a next generation LSI and having high productivity and high reliability. [Means for Solving Problem] A semiconductor chip 20 having a plurality of electrode terminals 12 is held to oppose a circuit board 21 having a plurality of connection terminals 11 with a given gap provided therebetween, and the semiconductor chip 20 and the circuit board 21 in this state are dipped in a dipping bath 40 containing a melted resin 14 including melted solder particles for a given period of time. In this dipping process, the melted solder particles self-assemble between the connection terminals 11 of the circuit board 21 and the electrode terminals 12 of the semiconductor chip 20, so as to form connectors 22 between these terminals. Thereafter, the semiconductor chip 20 and the circuit board 21 are taken out of the dipping bath 40, and the melted resin 14 having permeated into the gap between the semiconductor chip 20 and the circuit board 21 is cured, so as to complete a flip-chip mounting body.

An endoluminal stent composed of a plurality of circumferential expansion elements arrayed to form the circumference of the stent and extending along the longitudinal axis of the stent, and a plurality of interconnecting members that interconnect adjacent pairs of circumferential expansion elements, the interconnecting members joining struts of adjacent pairs of interconnecting members at approximate mid-points of the struts.

A glass substrate for a front filter of a display device having considerable strength and excellent display quality, and being lightweight is provided. A display device employing this display filter substrate is provided. The glass substrate has one or more of electromagnetic-wave shielding function, near infrared ray blocking function, and anti-reflection function. The glass substrate has a thickness of 1.8-3.2 mm, an average surface compressive stress of 20-70 MPa, and a warp ratio of the glass substrate of 1.0% or less. The surface compressive stress is applied by an air blast cooling process or a chemical reinforcing process. The filter substrate is disposed over a front surface of the display device.

Methods, an apparatus, and a system for communications using datagrams including payloads of at least one preceding datagram are disclosed. In particular, the invention may advantageously be used in wireless VoIP networks having high rates of packet losses.

A vehicle seat allowing to improve a vibration absorption characteristic, securing a stable seating posture, having high vehicle operability, and allowing to alleviate fatigue due to long time seating. In a seat cushion of a vehicle seat, a first human body support portion having a center at a position corresponding to a substantially center between the pair of ischial tuberosities of a human body, and a second human body support portion corresponding to the vicinities of femoral bases of a human body and having a center at a position located forward at a horizontal distance of 100 mm along a longitudinally center line of the seat cushion from the first human body support portion are regarded respectively as spring elements, and static spring constants and dynamic spring constants thereof are set to a predetermined relationship. Thus, stability and vibration absorbency during static seating are improved.