The present invention provides generally a method and apparatus for purifying a liquid. More particularly, purification of a bulk liquid is performed by introducing a liquid stream to a purification vessel, which comprises both a distillation chamber for forming a purified vapor and an annular chamber for collecting a purified liquid that is condensed from the purified vapor. A refrigerant system ...

Methods and systems that classify sepia-toned digital images (310) are described. An exemplary method includes converting (100) RGB values of a digital image (310) to hue saturation intensity (HSV) values. Pixels of the digital image (310) that are not above a predetermined intensity or saturation threshold (370) are removed (110) from the image (310). The remaining pixels are analyzed (120) and c...

The present invention is a method for re-building 3D model of house in a semi-automatic manner using edge segments of buildings, which uses the manual measurement for visible edge segments, or uses the metropolitan building data generated by the photogrammetric drafting with current values to build the 3D city model with the least man power requirement. The major core technique is called the Split...

A defect candidate area extraction part determines whether or not each object pattern divisional area obtained by dividing picked-up image data of a printed board having through holes (holes) has a different portion exceeding a prescribed allowance between the same and a positionally corresponding area of a master pattern thereby determining whether or not each object pattern divisional area is a ...

The compositions and methods disclosed herein utilize admixtures of neurotoxins to cause denervation which is unexpectedly more localized and of longer duration than otherwise occurs with single neurotoxins. The compositions and methods of the invention utilize neurotoxin admixtures calibrated in median paralysis units rather than LD50s. Admixtures of neurotoxins include, but are not limited to, t...

This invention has as its object to provide a method of supplying a resin material to an injection molder with which cells can be uniformly dispersed in a molded product. In order to achieve this object, the method includes the absorbing step of placing a resin material in a pressurized inert gas in a pressure vessel and allowing the resin material to absorb the inert gas, and the supplying step o...

This invention provides a calcium phosphate cement comprising 0.03 to 2 mass % of magnesium sulfate and 3 to 35 mass % of calcium secondary phosphate, and at least one of calcium quaternary phosphate and alpha type calcium tertiary phosphate and inevitable impurities in an amount of the balance of the cement. The calcium phosphate cement is capable of forming a hardened product having high strengt...

The present invention provides a non-contact card, which comprises: an antenna circuit substrate, wherein the substrate is formed with an antenna thereon; and, an insert-type substrate, which forms an expansion electrode connected with the electrode of IC chip on the substrate embedded with the IC chip; thus, layering the two substrates with the antennal electrode and the expansion electrode in an...

A wiring board for a semiconductor package comprises a base substrate having first and second surfaces; a wiring layer consisting of necessary wiring patterns formed on at least one of the first and second surfaces; a plurality of semiconductor element mounting areas formed on the surface of the base substrate on which the wiring layer is formed; and individual patterns as position information pro...

A kind of method for manufacturing semiconductor device capable of obtaining the decrease of manufacturing process and making reasonable the production line is disclosed in the present invention. The chip component 22 and semiconductor chip 21 are mounted on a wiring substrate 2 of plural checked accommodation substrate 27 so as to assembly the high frequency module. For the wiring substrate 2 of ...

An optical integrated circuit element package comprises a substrate, an upper chip, a lower chip, an optical-transparent underfill, and a sealing compound. The substrate has a plurality of solder balls deposited on one surface of the substrate, a plurality of bonding pads electrically connected to the solder balls, a cover attached to the other surface of the substrate, and a cavity to expose the ...

An internal combustion engine (E) includes a crankshaft (5), and a bearing cap (8) supporting the crankshaft (5) for rotation. Permanent magnets (20) serving as magnetic field creating members are attached to the balance weights (W1a to W6a) formed integrally with the webs (W1 to W6) of the crankshaft (5). Coils (21) are attached to the bearing cap bodies (A1 to A4) of the bearing cap (8). The per...

A layered wiring line of silver or silver alloy includes a silver or silver alloy conductor layer including silver or silver alloy; and a protective conductor layer layered on and covering the silver or silver alloy conductor layer. A method for forming the layered wiring line includes steps of: layering the silver or silver alloy conductor layer and the protective conductor layer on a substrate i...

SE PRESENTAN IMPLANTES MEDICOS DE SUPERFICIE ENDURECIDA O CASI ENDURECIDA. ESTOS IMPLANTES SE FABRICAN A PARTIR DE ALEACIONES DE TITANIO QUE CONTIENEN UNA CANTIDAD DE ZIRCONIO SUFICIENTE COMO PARA PERMITIR LA FORMACION DE UNA CANTIDAD SIGNIFICATIVA DE OXIDO DE ZIRCONIO EN LA SUPERFICIE DEL IMPLANTE PARA HACER QUE LA SUPERFICIE SE ENDUREZCA. ADEMAS, LOS IMPLANTES DE LA ALEACION DE TITANIO QUE CONTI...

LA INVENCION SE REFIERE A UNA UNIDAD DE CIRCUITO CON UN SUBSTRATO (1) SOPORTE AISLANTE, SOBRE EL QUE SE ENCUENTRA UNA BOBINA (3) PLANA, CONDUCTORA. LA BOBINA (3) PUEDE COMPONERSE DE MULTIPLES CAPAS (9,7) DE BOBINA, QUE SE SEPARAN A TRAVES DE CAPAS (11) AISLANTES. PARA LA CONEXION CONJUNTA DE LAS CAPAS (9,17) DE BOBINAS INDIVIDUALES A FIN DE FORMAR UNA BOBINA COMPLETA, SE HA PROVISTO EN CADA UNA DE...

LA PRESENTE INVENCION SE REFIERE A UN MATERIAL COMPUESTO MEJORADO; ESPECIALMENTE A UN PRODUCTO COMPUESTO DE CARTON/YESO, QUE PRESENTA UNA RESISTENCIA AL AGUA MEJORADA, LO CUAL ES ESPECIALMENTE UTIL PARA FABRICAR PRODUCTOS DE LA CONSTRUCCION. ESPECIFICAMENTE, LA INVENCION SE REFIERE A UN CARTON PARA CONSTRUCCION DE FIBRA DE MADERA/YESO, QUE PRESENTA UNA RESISTENCIA MEJORADA AL AGUA, GRACIAS A LA AD...

UNA MEZCLA DE CEMENTO QUE COMPRENDE COMO AGLOMERANTE UN CLINKER SULFOALUMINOSO, UN CLINKER FERROALUMINOSO, O UNA MEZCLA DE ESTOS ULTIMOS SE UTILIZA PARA RESOLVER EL PROBLEMA DE LAS DEGRADACIONES DE LAS OBRAS DE CEMENTO EXPUESTAS AL CONTACTO DE ACIDOS ORGANICOS, RESISTIENDO A DICHOS ACIDOS PROCEDENTES POR EJEMPLO DE DESECHOS LIQUIDOS PROCEDENTES DE ACTIVIDADES AGRICOLAS. LA MEZCLA PUEDE COMPRENDER ...

Se proporciona una gran variedad de sistemas de alimentación de tinta para un sistema existente de impresión por chorro de tinta. Los sistemas de alimentación de tinta incluyen depósitos de tinta de configuración y tamaño variables, que son capaces de adaptarse a diversos niveles de uso de tinta. Cada sistema de alimentación de tinta también tiene un conector eléctrico y un dispositivo de almacena...

Provided is a method and apparatus for treating organic waste water, which are capable of realizing compact equipment by reducing the quantity of a sludge to be treated. Organic waste water (A) is subjected to an aerobic biological treatment in biological treatment tank (3). Then, solution (B) obtained by the treatment in the biological treatment tank (3) is solid-liquid separated into treated wat...

A multi-layer packaging laminate is produced by simultaneously applying at least two wet coating layers to a substrate web 10 in a slide coater or curtain coater having a slide block 14 over which laminar flow streams of coating liquid flow to reach the substrate web. At least one layer is less than 20 mum thick (wet) and at least one layer has oxygen barrier or scavenger properties.