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In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and / or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.

The face detection system and method attempts classification of a test image before performing all of the kernel evaluations. Many subimages are not faces and should be relatively easy to identify as such. Thus, the SVM classifier try to discard non-face images using as few kernel evaluations as possible using a cascade SVM classification. In the first stage, a score is computed for the first two support vectors, and the score is compared to a threshold. If the score is below the threshold value, the subimage is classified as not a face. If the score is above the threshold value, the cascade SVM classification function continues to apply more complicated decision rules, each time doubling the number of kernel evaluations, classifying the image as a non-face (and thus terminating the process) as soon as the test image fails to satisfy one of the decision rules. Finally, if the subimage has satisfied all intermediary decision rules, and has now reached the point at which all support vectors must be considered, the original decision function is applied. Satisfying this final rule, and all intermediary rules, is the only way for a test image to garner a positive (face) classification.

In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and / or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.

Monofilament dental floss / tape of polymer material including fluoride and polishing powder the dental floss / tape (1) being ribbon-shaped and having material properties that enable it to be stretched to increase its length by at least 100% and also to reduce its cross-sectional area by up to ten times, and also a method fot the use of monofilament polymer dental floss / tape (1) by preparing a suitable length of dental floss / tape (1) for cleaning the teeth , by extending it to a reduce cross section so that the area of the whole piece of floss / tape can thereafter be used to clean the teeth distally and / or mesially.

The invention relates to an antifungal composition for the treatment of human nails containing extracts of walnut hull, pulverized roots of Nardostachys jatamansi or Vetiveria zizanioides or Catharanthus roseus, polyols, fixed oil, non-ionic emulsifiers, thickening agent plasticizer and base. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the above synergistic composition.

A laminated electronic component including at least one inductance element and produced from a laminate having electrical insulators and electrical conductors laminated alternately. The inductance element is formed as a helical coil having a plurality of turns each constituted by four sides. The inductance element has pairs of parallel conductor pieces and pairs of bridging conductor pieces. Each pair of parallel conductor pieces form two of the four sides of one turn of the coil. Each pair of bridging conductor pieces form the other two sides of one turn of the coil. Grooves are formed in the laminate to thereby form the parallel conductor pieces. The grooves are filled with an electrically insulating material. The bridging conductor pieces are formed on the electrically insulating material.

An artificial eye system may include an extracorporeal unit mounted outside a user's body and an intracorporeal unit 3 mounted inside a user's eye. The extracorporeal unit 2 may include a visor and a power supply unit. The visor may include a primary coil, an image receiving element that receives a picture image, a light emitting element that transmits an electric stimulus signal produced based on an image signal from the image receiving element, and an eye-gaze point recognizing unit. The intracorporeal unit may include a secondary coil that is electro-magnetically induced by the primary coil, a light receiving element that receives the electric stimulus signal from the light emitting element, a signal processing circuit that processes the electric stimulus signal received by the light receiving element, and a plurality of electrodes that transmits the electric stimulus signal processed by the signal processing circuit to the retina.

An adaptive motion estimation / compensation device and a method thereof for MB-based illumination change are disclosed. If a macro block mode is determined as a newly designed P_L0_16×16_Mean by calculating the sum of an absolute difference, the motion estimation device CABAC-codes the absolute difference between the pixel mean of a current frame and the pixel mean of a candidate pattern block and transmits the CABAC-coded absolute difference to a pertinent decoder. With the present invention, the transmission amount of the bit stream transmitted to the decoder for decoding can be minimized by maximizing corresponding compressing rate.

A device for detecting and locating at least one electric discharge in equipment insulated by fluid contained in an electrically-conductive housing. The equipment includes a plurality of grounding lines connected between the housing and ground. The device includes a plurality of Rogowski coil type current detectors and a mechanism synchronously comparing signals delivered by the current detectors. The coil of each detector is placed around a respective one of the lines. Each detector delivers a signal representative of current flowing in the line, with occurrence of an electric discharge giving rise to a sudden variation in the current, and with electric discharge being located within an inside zone of the housing situated in proximity of the line that is surrounded by the detector that was first to deliver the sudden variation of current.

A device for attaching at least three electrodes to a subject for stimulating abdominal muscles of the subject, comprising an attachment mechanism for extending around the torso of the subject and a main locating element provided on the attachment mechanism for locating a central electrode of the at least three electrodes adjacent the umbilicus of the subject. Two secondary locating elements are also provided on the attachment mechanism disposed on respective opposite sides of the main locating element for locating two corresponding side electrodes of the at least three electrodes spaced apart from the central electrode. Application of at least one pulsed signal to the subject through the respective central and side electrodes stimulates the abdominal muscles of the subject.

A differential amplifying circuit that includes a differential pair and a cascode current mirror circuit that forms the load circuit of this differential pair. The cascode current mirror circuit includes a control-terminal-coupled first transistor pair, and second and third transistor pairs that receive first and second bias signals at coupled control terminals, respectively. The second transistor pair is straight-connected between the first transistor pair and the input end and the output end of the cascode current mirror circuit, and the third transistor pair is cross-connected between the first transistor pair and the input end and the output end of the cascode current mirror circuit. The second and third transistor pairs are controlled so as to each be placed in active and inactive states by changing over voltage values of the first and second bias signals, with control being exercised in such a manner that when one of these transistor pairs is in an active state, the other is in an inactive state.

A toner having a good chargeability stable against an environmental change is formed of toner particles each comprising at least a binder resin, a colorant, a release agent and a sulfur-containing polymer, and an external additive. The toner particles contain 100 to 30,000 ppm by weight thereof of at least one stabilizer element selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, barium, zinc, aluminum and phosphorus. The toner particles may preferably be produced by suspension polymerization of a monomer composition containing the sulfur-containing polymer in an aqueous medium containing a dispersion stabilizer having the stabilizer element.

An inkjet recording apparatus has: a head having a plurality of nozzles which eject an ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which conveys the recording medium; a droplet ejection control device which controls ink ejection of the head; a test image forming device that forms a test image on the recording medium by causing the ink to be ejected from every n (where n is a natural number equal to 2 or higher) nozzles in an X direction perpendicular to a direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, and causing the ink to be ejected so as to form vertical lines forming n columns which shift by one nozzle in the X direction and each extend continuously in terms of a Y direction parallel to the direction in which the recording medium is conveyed; and a reading device which is provided on a conveyance path of the recording medium, reads in a test image on the recording medium and has an image reading structure covering a length corresponding to full width of the recording medium in a breadthways direction which is perpendicular to the direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, wherein in the test image, an arrangement pitch in the X direction of the vertical lines is equal to or exceeding a reading pitch in the X direction of the reading device, an arrangement pitch in the Y direction of the vertical lines is N times a reading pitch in the Y direction of the reading device (where N is a natural number), and an interval corresponding to variation in a conveyance of the recording medium is provided between the vertical lines in such a manner that a length in the Y direction of each of the vertical lines is less than the reading pitch in the Y direction of the reading device.

A container having a liquid detecting function includes a cartridge case 101 having a sending passage for sending out a liquid stored therein, buffer chambers 122 and 123 disposed in the vicinity of the end of the sending passage, and a sensor unit 200 disposed to face on the buffer chambers. A sensor chip 230 provided in the sensor unit includes a sensor cavity 233 communicating with the buffer chambers, a vibration plate 233 closing an opening side of the sensor cavity opposite to the side communicating with the buffer chambers, and a piezoelectric element 234 which is disposed on the surface of the vibration plate opposite to the surface facing the sensor cavity, emits a vibration wave to the sensor cavity and the buffer chambers through the vibration plate, receives a reflected wave returning from the buffer chambers through the vibration plate, and then converts the reflected wave into an electrical signal. The compliance values of the buffer chambers 122 and 123 are set to be ten times greater than the compliance value of the sensor cavity.

Provided are a recombinant Sendai virus vector for introducing exogenous genes to airway epithelia and a method for introducing exogenous genes using the vector. The recombinant Sendai virus vector enables efficient gene transfer to native mucus-layered airway epithelial cells by briefly contacting the vector with the cells. Furthermore, the vector can introduce genes to not only apical surfaces but also submucosal glands where CFTR primarily expresses. The vector can thus be used for gene therapy of CF, a CFTR-deficient disease.

This document provides natriuretic polypeptides. For example, this document provides polypeptides having a natriuretic activity. In some cases, a polypeptide provided herein can have natriuretic activities without inducing excessive hypotension. This document also provides methods and materials for inducing natriuretic activities within a mammal.

In dimension measurement of semiconductor pattern by CD-SEM, the error value between dimensional measurement value and actual dimension on the pattern is much variational as it is dependent on the cross-sectional shape of the pattern, and a low level of accuracy was one time a big problem. In the present invention, a plurality of patterns, each different in shape, were prepared beforehand with AFM measurement result and patterns of the same shape measured by CD-SEM. These measurement results and dimensional errors were homologized with each other and kept in a database. For actual measurement of dimensions, most like side wall shape, and corresponding CD-SEM measurement error result are called up, and the called-up error results are used to correct CD-SME results of measurement object patterns. In this manner, it becomes possible to correct or reduce dimensional error which is dependent on cross-sectional shape of the pattern.

There is provided a pellicle container for use in photolithography, with which no dust particles are deposited onto the pellicle contained therein, and contamination of the pellicle can be prevented and good condition is ensured. The present invention provides a pellicle container consisting of a container base on which a pellicle is mounted, and a covering body that covers the pellicle and latches with the container base by engagement together with the container base along the peripheral edges, wherein the pellicle is supported by inserting a frame supporting pin in the opening of a sleeve provided on the outside surface of the pellicle frame. Preferably, the container base is made from a plastic resin and a metal component is joined to the container base; the metal component fixedly connected to the container base is mechanically connected to a positioning component that positions the frame supporting pin that supports the pellicle; and an elastic member is disposed on the point of contact between the frame supporting pin that supports the pellicle and the pellicle frame. It is even more preferable that the container boase and the Icovering body are made of a plastic resin, and these have antistatic performance such that their surface resistivity is no higher than 1×1012 ohms.

The invention relates to a process for the desulfurization of gasolines comprising a stage for fractionation of said gasoline into a light fraction that comprises thiophenic compounds such as thiophene or methylthiophenes, and a heavy fraction that concentrates the heaviest aromatic sulfur-containing compounds. The heavy fraction is treated by hydrodesulfurization, while the light fraction is brought into contact with a solid adsorbent that makes it possible to eliminate at least partially said light thiophenic compounds, whereby said adsorbent solid is regenerated by a flow internal to the process.

This document provides natriuretic polypeptides. For example, this document provides polypeptides having a natriuretic activity. In some cases, a polypeptide provided herein can have natriuretic activities without inducing excessive hypotension. This document also provides methods and materials for inducing natriuretic activities within a mammal.

The invention relates to a carrier by which containers are delivered along an underground tunnel or an underground pipeline and the loading and unloading are completed at a delivery terminal. The carrier has the advantages of saving land, avoiding jagged roads of the containers under the meteorologic disaster conditions such as storm wind, snow rainfall and heavy fog, etc., being more reliable, on-time and safer, reducing the traffic accidents caused by urban container transport, reducing the energy loss and waste gas exhaust, reducing the traffic noise, lightening the vibration, etc. which are caused by the container transport, etc. as well as realizing the linear transport of the containers, thus shortening the transport distance of the containers.

A liquid detecting container includes a cartridge case having a sending passage for sending out liquid, buffer chambers by the end of the sending passage, and a sensor unit disposed facing the buffer chambers. A sensor chip in the sensor unit includes a sensor cavity communicating with the buffer chambers, a vibration plate closing an opening side of the sensor cavity opposite to the side communicating with the buffer chambers, and a piezoelectric element disposed on the surface of the vibration plate opposite to the surface facing the sensor cavity; emits a vibration wave to the sensor cavity and the buffer chambers through the vibration plate, receives a reflected wave from the buffer chambers through the vibration plate, and then converts the reflected wave into an electrical signal. The compliance values of the buffer chambers are set ten times greater than the compliance value of the sensor cavity.

A differential amplifying circuit that includes a differential pair and a cascode current mirror circuit that forms the load circuit of this differential pair. The cascode current mirror circuit includes a control-terminal-coupled first transistor pair, and second and third transistor pairs that receive first and second bias signals at coupled control terminals, respectively. The second transistor pair is straight-connected between the first transistor pair and the input end and the output end of the cascode current mirror circuit, and the third transistor pair is cross-connected between the first transistor pair and the input end and the output end of the cascode current mirror circuit. The second and third transistor pairs are controlled so as to each be placed in active and inactive states by changing over voltage values of the first and second bias signals, with control being exercised in such a manner that when one of these transistor pairs is in an active state, the other is in an inactive state.

A method and an apparatus for estimating uneven wear in the tire shoulder with high accuracy using a fewer number of sensors are provided. An uneven tire wear estimating apparatus includes an acceleration sensor (11) disposed on an inner surface of a tire tread for measuring radial acceleration, an acceleration waveform extracting means (12) for extracting an acceleration waveform in a post-trailing-end domain from output signals of the acceleration sensor, means for calculating a vibration level α of an uneven wear measured band and a vibration level β of a reference band from the extracted acceleration waveform, an uneven wear determination index calculating means (16) for calculating an uneven wear determination index γ, which is an index for determining au uneven wear, from the vibration level α and the vibration level β, and a determining means (18) for determining whether an uneven wear is occurring in an edge of the tire shoulder from the value of the uneven wear determination index γ.

The present invention relates to the field of pharmaceutical chemistry, and particularly to an aza-benzo[f]azulen derivative (I) and an antitumor effect thereof Pharmacological tests show that the compound of the present invention has in vitro and in vivo antitumor activities, and can be developed into clinical drugs for treating or controlling diseases such as stomach cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and oral cancer.

A device for vision testing comprises a viewing position (6) and an image surface (5). The distance between the viewing position (6) and the image surface (5) is enclosed. The relation between the resolution of the image surface and the distance between the viewing position (6) and the image surface (5) is such that the angle of a point on the image surface (5) is less than or equal to 1 minute of arc seen from the viewing position (6).

A CT image reconstruction method includes substituting other projection data, which has a predetermined positional relationship to projection data that is found defective during scanning, for the defective data, and interpolating back projection data using a value and information on a scanned position that are contained in the substitute data.

The invention provides a magnetostrictive-based rotary piezoelectric breeze power generation device comprising a bearing, a wind-driven mechanism and a magnetostrictive piezoelectric mechanism, wherein the wind-driven mechanism is arranged on the outer wall of a bearing outer ring, and used to drive the bearing outer ring to rotate; the magnetostrictive piezoelectric mechanism comprises permanent magnets and a piezoelectric assembly, and the permanent magnets are arranged on the outer wall of the bearing outer ring symmetrically; the piezoelectric assembly is arranged in the inner cavity center of a bearing inner ring, and a spring washer is arranged in a clearance between both ends of the piezoelectric assembly and the inner wall of the bearing inner ring. The device provided by the invention has the advantages of small volume, high power generation efficiency, little environmental influence, energy saving and environmental protection.

Provided is a method for isolating and obtaining pure and complete fetus genome DNA, comprising the following steps: isolating a nucleated erythrocyte from the maternal (pregnant woman) peripheral blood, identifying the individual hereditary feature subtype of the mother and / or father of the fetus; conducting high fidelity whole genome DNA amplification on the signal cell isolated from the nucleated erythrocyte; identifying the individual hereditary feature subtype of the fetus according to the laws of hereditary, and determining a fetus-originating genome DNA. The fetus-originating pure whole genome DNA provided by the present invention lays a material foundation for prenatal heredity diagnosis.