A heat exchanger includes a heat-exchange section including a first group of tubes and a second group of tubes alternating with the first group of tubes. The first and second groups of tubes are in contact with a heat-conductive medium. In one structure, a first inlet manifold at a first end of the heat- exchange section is fluidly coupled to first ends of the first group of tubes. A first outlet ...

A method for masking the odor of isophorone in water is described Also described is a method for reducing the attraction between an parasite and a fish. The invention also relates to fish feed compositions, and the use of a compound or extract for the prevention and/or treatment of a parasite infection in fish.

A plurality of silicon carbide substrates (10) and a support portion (30) are heated. The temperature of a first radiation surface (RP1) is set to the first temperature. The first radiation surface (RP1) faces the plurality of silicon carbide substrates (10) in a first space (SP1), which extends from the plurality of silicon carbide substrates (10) in a direction which is perpendicular to one plan...

Disclosed are an information provision system, an information provision method, and an information provision program that are capable of providing information that is capable of verifying the status of rapidly moving racehorses. A system control unit (15) acquires moving image data wherein the racehorses are image captured, extracts a plurality of still image data files of the racehorses from the ...

A method of using composite enzyme for degumming jute is provided. Said composite enzyme contains pectase and laccase. The method includes the following steps: a. immersing the jute in a composite enzyme aqueous solution made of pectase and laccase and adjusting the weight ratio of said composite enzyme aqueous solution and the jute; b. adjusting pH of said composite enzyme aqueous solution and ma...

A method of using composite enzyme for degumming jute is provided. Said composite enzyme contains pectase and laccase. The method includes the following steps: a. immersing the jute in a composite enzyme aqueous solution made of pectase and laccase and adjusting the weight ratio of said composite enzyme aqueous solution and the jute; b. adjusting pH of said composite enzyme aqueous solution and ma...

The present invention is directed to compounds of formula I-V and tautomers thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof which are inhibitors of syk kinase. The present invention is also directed to intermediates used in making such compounds, the preparation of such a compound, pharmaceutical compositions containing such a compound, methods of inhibition syk kinase a...

A method of distributing an image study to a chosen image reader is disclosed having steps of receiv-ing an image study Ir urn an image producer at a third party communication module (204), sending a receive no-tification message to a messaging layer (214), sending a study available notification message from the messaging layer to a workload distribution engine (114) wherein the available notifica...

A seed crystal (11) having a frontside surface and a backside surface is prepared. Surface roughness of the backside surface of the seed crystal (11) is increased. A coating film including carbon is formed on the backside surface of the seed crystal (11). The coating film and a pedestal (41) are brought into contact with each other with an adhesive interposed therebetween. The adhesive is cured to...

A zipline trolley system comprises a cable, trolley, launcher, and a catch block. The launcher is fixed on the cable and comprises a substantially cylindrical inner body with a rigid outer body adapted to rotate about the inner body. A return spring attaches the inner body with the outer body. The catch block is also fixed on the cable and comprises a block with left and right retaining arms pivot...

Foreign substances which have adhered to a glass ribbon, such as tin and tin oxide, are removed during glass sheet production. In producing a glass sheet by the float method, a removing member comprising a heat-resistant fibrous sheet is brought into contact with a surface of a glass ribbon which has been drawn from a molten tin bath and has a temperature in a range in which the tin is in a molten...

A method of managing data transmission in a mesh-topology ad-hoc network. The method includes transmitting management information by a plurality of mobile stations of the network, selecting a mobile station to serve as a master, responsive to the transmitted management information, transmitting to the master requests for bandwidth, allocating bandwidth by the master, responsive to the requests and...

A communication device having a front housing and first and second independent keypad housings having respective keypads functionally connected to the front housing. The front housing has a speaker, a microphone, and a display panel. Each keypad has a key configuration that is different than the other. The front housing, first keypad housing, and second keypad housing are constructed to overlap an...

The invention relates to a process for distillatively purifying crude dimethylacetamide (crude DMAc) comprising DMAc, low boilers and high boilers 5 by removing the low boilers and the high boilers to obtain pure DMAc in one of the column configurations listed hereinbelow: (I) a main column (MC) with sidestream column (SC) or (II) a dividing wall column (DWC), which operating at least the main col...

The present invention provides a device and a method enabling a client connected to an external network to efficiently obtain information about servers connected to an internal network. An information processing device serving as an application gateway connected at an interface between the external network and the internal network performs a server information obtaining process about connected ser...

A transmission controller 7B is configured to transmit an R/W request signal for requesting transmission of a tag response signal to a RFID tag 1 twice. At this time, a frequency controller 7A controls a PLL section 5A to transmit the R/W request signal via different carrier frequencies. A phase information acquirer 8A detects a phase change amount of the tag response signal that is transmitted vi...

Map updating systems, methods, and programs that store map information, including one or more pieces of difference update information, obtain the one or more pieces of difference update information used for updating a part of the map information, and update the map information based on the one or more pieces of difference update information. The systems, methods, and programs obtain total update i...

This invention relates to novel processes comprising a protective polymer layer in the fabrication of electronic devices using thick film pastes. The protective polymer layer is fabricated from materials which are insoluble after irradiation in the ester-type solvents contained in the thick film paste. By appropriate selection of protective film polymers, the protective film can be compatible with...

The invention provides anti-EGFL7 antibodies, and compositions comprising and methods of using these antibodies.

A discharge port 340a of a compression element 2 is positioned inside an outer circumferential surface of a stator 5, as seen looking in a direction of a rotation axis 12a of a shaft 12, and overlaps the stator 5, as seen looking in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis 12a of the shaft 12. Accordingly, refrigerant gas discharged from the compression element 2 can be made to flow mainly into...