A top-power-increasing additional pulse is imparted to a portion of top power irradiation of a laser light beam, and a bottom-power-off pulse is imparted to a portion of bottom power irradiation of the laser light beam. Fine adjustment amount for the top power irradiation is modified roughly in accordance with a desired length of a pit to be formed, and the duration of the top-power-increasing add...

A metal film/aromatic polyimide film laminate is composed of a composite aromatic polyimide film and a metal film, in which the composite aromatic polyimide film is composed of an aromatic polyimide substrate film having a linear expansion coefficient of 5x10-6 to 30x10-6 cm/cm/° C. in the temperature range of 50-200° C. (measured in machine direction), and a thin aromatic polyimide layer of polyi...

This invention is based upon the unexpected discovery that the surface of reclaimed rubber crumb particles can be devulcanized by heating the crumb particles to a temperature of at least about 150° C. under a pressure of at least about 3.4x106 Pascals in the presence of 2-butanol. It is further based upon the unexpected discovery that such surface devulcanized rubber crumb particles having a parti...

Provided are a long fiber-reinforced polypropylene resin composition and its moldings which have a high rigidity, impact resistance and durability, and especially have an extremely good repeated impact resistance and creep resistance, and are therefore suitable for various parts including automobile parts and other industrial parts. The long fiber-reinforced polypropylene resin composition compris...

A method and apparatus are provided for performing a medical procedure on a patient, for example a dermatological procedure, by use of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) having a relatively low peak power, and in particular a peak power low enough so as not to result in a phase change in the heater or chromophore absorbing radiation which would result in a significant reduction in its absorption, and...

An exchange assisting system is provided in an exchange center. Each maker who trades in used goods, such as copying machines, for new ones from a business entity brings goods produced by other makers into the exchange center. The system manages the inventory information of goods delivered from each maker and stored in the exchange center. The system prepares inventory information on goods maker b...

An image sharing server and a printer for carrying out a printing service in association with the image sharing server are prepared and planners are invited to develop planned pages on the image sharing server. Contribution of images from general users is accepted through registered planned pages, and a service for offering contributed images for pay (ordered printing, downloading, etc.) is develo...

An email received from an email server (2) is delivered to a mail store controller (3) from which it is then stored in a mail store memory (5) with attachments in another storage location (6). The server controller (4) prepares a header for the email classifying the email having regard to what information it can immediately read. The first or initial header is sent to a router (15). The router (15...

A helper entity monitors content on media channels established in respect of a network communication session. Upon a content-dependent trigger condition being met, the helper entity delivers advisory content over one or more of the channels.

A process for devulcanizing and functionalizing a rubber vulcanizate by desulfurization involves suspending a rubber vulcanizate crumb in a solvent which preferably swells the rubber vulcanizate before or during the devulcanization reaction and adding an alkali metal, such as sodium, to the suspension. The alkali metal cleaves mono-, di- and polysulfidic cross-linkages in the rubber vulcanizate to...

A foamed gasket characterized as comprising at least one homogeneously branched ethylene polymer and at least one blowing agent, wherein the polymer has a density of from 0.85 to 0.93 g/cm3, and is characterized as having a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of from 1.5 to 2.5 and as having a CBDI greater than 50 percent.

A soft resin composition of the present invention comprises a polyethylene resin (A) and an ethylene/α-olefin random copolymer (B) comprising ethylene and an α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms at a specific proportion, in which the melt flow rate (MFR) and density of the polyethylene resin (A), and a density, intrinsic viscosity, glass transition temperature, crystallinity, molecular weight dist...

Systems and methods for configurable trading, interfaces that allow a trader to quickly and easily submit trading commands to a trading system are provided. Using these systems and methods, a trader can using various trading interfaces to initiate trading commands, configure various display features and default command settings, and control a level of command entry verification that is provided to...

The present invention provides a method using a computer to estimate staffing required for a present patient population. The computer operates upon data related to various characteristics regarding the present patient population, such as age, sex, and physical ailment, along with data related to a representative past patient population having similar characteristics and resources allocated to that...

A reverse auction method in conducting an auction on-line using a computer network system is provided. The method includes the steps of at least one buyer registering product purchase information, including the specifications of a product the buyer wants to buy, in a server computer; the server computer giving notices corresponding to the product purchase information of the buyer to at least one s...

In order to increase the efficiency of emitting light, filler particles for enhancing reflectivity are dispersed in a dielectric layer of a plasma display panel. The profiles of the filler particles are formed as thin sheets with the back surfaces of the thin sheets oriented along the surface of the dielectric layer.

The object of this invention is to provide a plasma display panel in which an aging process essential to the manufacturing process generates minimal phosphor deterioration, enabling a relatively high luminous efficiency and high quality color production to be produced. To achieve this object, the aging process takes place while gas generated inside the panel is evacuated. Alternatively, after comp...

A glass fiber cord for reinforcing a rubber is disclosed, which is inexpensive and suffers no decrease in strength even when flexing stresses are repeatedly imposed thereon under high load at high temperatures, and which has sufficient heat and water resistance. High-strength glass filaments having a diameter of 8-10 mu m are bound to obtain a strand, on which a coating layer comprising a resorci...

The invention refers to a silicone dispersion comprising crosslinked silicone particles which have an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 100 mu m, the crosslinked silicone particles being contained in silicone oil droplets having an average diameter of more than 0.1 to 500 mu m, the silicone oil droplets containing the crosslinked silicone particles being dispersed in water, the diameter of the...

A particulate trap (1) for diesel engine use which is less likely to vibrate or deform under exhaust pressures, and which achieves goods results in all of the particulate trapping properties, pressure drop, durability and regenerating properties. This trap has a filter element comprising a plurality of flat or cylindrical filters (5) of three-dimensionally reticulated porous member. Longitudinally...