In a biosensor system and its measuring instrument which determine that a biosensor chip has been inserted and measure biological information on a biological material supplied to the biosensor chip, the size of the biosensor chip is made small, the reliability of the measuring instrument is improved, and the product life becomes long. In addition, a measurement error of the biological information ...

A robot cleaner (10) that includes a driving unit (18) for driving a plurality of wheels, a transmitter/receiver (17) for communicating with an external charger (20), and a controller (30) for controlling the driving unit. The controller controls the transmitter/receiver to communicate with the external charger while traveling an area to be cleaned and stores at least one location of communication...

A train integrity network system comprises bogie units which monitor critical parameters relating to the condition of bogie components and the rail track they are travelling on, an onboard server which controls the bogie units and a wireless network which enables communication between the server and the bogie units. Each bogie unit is powered by an electrical generator which utilises the rotation ...

Elemental concentrations in hair (head and body hair) and dried serum have been measured by x-ray fluorescence analysis using synchrotron radiation. The relative concentration defined by log P−log S are obtained from the fluorescent spectra, where P is the peak height for the element and S is the background height. The observation shows that hair has two separate [Ca] concentration levels, the upp...

A process for the production of a polymeric film comprising a copolyester having an acid component and a diol component, said acid component comprising a dicarboxylic acid and a sulfomonomer containing a sulfonate group attached to the aromatic nucleus of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, said process comprising the steps of: (i) melt-extruding a layer of said copolyester; (ii) stretching the extruda...

Oligonucleotides for genotyping the thymidylate synthase gene are provided. The number of tandem repeats in the promoter region of the thymidylate synthase gene can be identified based on the hybridization of an oligonucleotide of the invention to the genomic DNA of a subject. Therefore, the genotype of the thymidylate synthase gene can be identified based on the number of tandem repeats. The geno...

A system for efficient delivery of radio frequency (RF) energy to cardiac tissue with an ablation catheter used in catheter ablation, with new concepts regarding the interaction between RF energy and biological tissue. In addition, new insights into methods for coagulum reduction during RF ablation will be presented, and a quantitative model for ascertaining the propensity for coagulum formation d...

Disclosed is a mobile robot, wherein obstacles are efficiently sensed by combining obstacle sensing signals output from different sensing units having different sensing areas and thus a drive of the mobile robot is controlled to avoid the obstacles. The mobile robot according to the present invention comprises a plurality of sensing units comprised of different sensors having different sensing are...

An apparatus and method for notifying the state of a self-moving cleaning robot using voice or a variety of melodies is provided. The self-moving state notification apparatus includes a voice notification unit (1) for outputting an audio signal notifying the operating state of the self-moving cleaning robot. The apparatus outputs voice or various melodies corresponding to states or errors of the s...

A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire wherein a green tire formed on the outer surface of a rigid core is transported into a vulcanizing mold together with the rigid core, and the vulcanizing mold is closed to form a vulcanization space for sealing and storing the green tire between the vulcanizing mold and the rigid core. At closure of the vulcanizing mold, an annular movable seal supported...

A transparent surface protective film includes: a transparent base material film, a transparent adhesive layer formed on one side of the base material film, and a transparent antistatic layer formed on the other side of the base material film. The antistatic layer includes a cationic compound blended with a polyvinyl alcohol based polymer, and the transparent surface protective film is configured ...

The device has a separation unit (64) to adjust relative movement of oil rejected from a lower passage (58) and oil passages (62, 63) in a displacement direction of a movable object e.g. motorcycle. An upper passage (57) supplies the oil to the oil passages from an oil container (50). The oil rejection pressures at level of the lower and upper passages are modified according to the quantity of oil...

There is provided a biosensor in which a spacer 6 having a cutout portion is bonded between at least first support 1 and a second support 8 to form a specimen supply path 7 through which a supplied specimen is sucked into a space between the supports 1 and 8, a reagent that reacts with a component in the specimen is placed in the specimen supply path 7, and an air hole 9 for promoting suction of t...

The present invention relates to an analytical tool (1) including a capillary (5) for moving a sample liquid introduced through a liquid introduction port (51), and a window (43) for checking that the sample liquid of an amount necessary for measurement is supplied into the capillary (5). In the analytical tool (1), an opaque region (45) is defined between the liquid introduction port (51) and the...

A steam generator e.g. for saunas comprises a water tank (2), a heating element (5) for evaporating the present in the water tank, as well as a temperature sensor that is located outside the tank and in a heat transfer connection with the wall of the tank to monitor the water level inside the tank. The heating element (5) is connected to a thermostat (3) containing a temperature sensor in a heat-c...

A method of treating the working surface of an abrasive compact having a working surface. The working surface, or a region adjacent to the working surface, of the abrasive compact is contacted with a halogen gas or a gaseous environment containing a source of halide ions, preferably at a temperature at or below 800 DEG C, in order to remove catalysing material and any foreign metal matrix material...

A tire manufacturing assembly line (10) is disclosed which can be reconfigured for making different types of tires in shorter runs. The assembly line can interchangeably use components (A, B, C, D) from centralized preparation or integrated preparation, and interchangeably use storage reels (50) of any form from the centralized preparation.

A materials handling vehicle (10) is provided comprising a power unit (12), a mast assembly (100) and a fluid supply system (300). The mast assembly is coupled to the power unit. The mast assembly comprises a weldment, a movable element and a ram/cylinder assembly coupled to the movable element to effect movement of the element. The fluid supply system (300) includes manifold apparatus (500) and a...

Disclosed is a compound represented by the formula (I) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, X, Y, Z and W independently represent a methine group or a nitrogen atom, but all X, Y, Z and W are not methine groups at the same time; A represents -O- or the like; B represents -C(O)- or the like; D represents -(CH2)m2-, -O- or the like, and m2 represents 0 or 1; Q represe...

The invention relates to an earth boring device with a housing, which has an internal thread in at least one section, and with a threaded element with a corresponding external thread, the threaded element being slotted and having a location for a securing element, via which when inserting into the location, the outside diameter of the threaded element or the surface pressure of the threaded connec...