A circuit and antenna module, suitable for connection to a printed circuit board (PCB) or printed wiring board (PWB) of an electronic communications device, comprises an antenna having respective left and right antenna arms 6, 7. The arms 6, 7 are electrically connected to each other by a connecting bridge circuit 9 configured to apply an adjustable phase difference between the arms 6, 7 from a si...

An alarm filter (22) for use in a security system (14) to reduce the occurrence of nuisance alarms receives sensor signals (S1-Sn, Sv) from a plurality of sensors (18, 20) included in the security system (14). The alarm filter (22) produces an opinion output as a function of the sensor signals and selectively modifies the sensor signals as a function of the opinion output to produce verified senso...

A laser processing method which can reduce the chipping generated when a plate-like object to be processed formed with a modified region is turned into small pieces in steps other than its dividing step. In a part 50 extending along a line to cut in an object to be processed 1, laser light L is oscillated in a pulsing fashion in an intermediate portion 51 including an effective part 41, and is co...

A vehicle (1) is provided with a steer-by-wire type steering device (11) for a vehicle controlling yaw moment of the vehicle (1) in correspondence with an operation of a steering wheel (10) mechanically separated from each of wheels (3). The wheels (3) are provided in such a manner that a steered angle cannot be changed. The steering device (11) has a power distribution device (12) capable of chan...

An object to be processed is restrained from warping at the time of laser processing. A modified region M2 is formed within a wafer 11, and fractures a2, b2 extending in directions parallel to the thickness direction of the wafer 11 and tilted with respect to a plane including lines 5 are generated from the modified region M2. A modified region M3 is formed within the wafer 11, and a fracture a3 e...

This invention is a method of improving the function of the pulmonary arm of the cardiac-pulmonary axis by the administration of a pharmaceutical or nutritional supplement to a patient in which the function of the pulmonary arm is suboptimal, but not as a sequella of dysfunction of the cardiac arm. The exemplar patient is one suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The preferred pent...

An implant with a metal structure for use in a surgical procedure, in which at least part of the metal structure is coated with a biocompatible metal such as titanium by plasma spraying of the metal powder. Biocidal metal cations are then absorbed by ion exchange into the coating, so that after being implanted the biocidal ions gradually leach out into the surrounding body fluids and suppress infe...

The present invention refers to the production of specific recombinant viral proteins intended for use in the construction of a diagnostic kit for the simultaneous detection of the two most important gastroenteric viruses, namely rotavirus and astrovirus.

A building air conditioning system control scheme to optimize water terminal capacity and create energy savings by utilizing a building management system signal to run in a mode that maximizes the conditions of the outside air to condition their local zones and potentially require no thermal pre-treatment of outside air by an air handling unit.

In one aspect, A method of imaging an object of interest positioned in an exposure area is provided. The method comprises obtaining projection data of the object by providing radiation to the exposure area and detecting at least some of the radiation exiting the object to form the projection data, performing a first reconstruction of the projection data to form at least one bootstrap image, obtain...

In a method and device for producing a tomosynthetic 3D x-ray image, a number of 2D projection images of an examination subject are acquired using a fixed x-ray source. The x-ray source has multiple, individually controllable emitters that respectively emit a single x-ray dose from various different directions. The tomosynthetic 3D image is reconstructed from the individual 2D projection images, a...

A system for controlling the motion of a spool in a valve includes first and second coils and a spool selectively movable between a first position relative to the first coil and a second position relative to the second coil, wherein the first position and the second position of the spool are controlled according to a motion profile.

Disclosed is a method including receiving an authentication bootstrapping request related to a subscriber, requesting authentication information of the subscriber from a subscriber database, requesting security settings of the subscriber from a security setting database, receiving a response at least from one of the subscriber database and the security setting database, and proceeding with authent...

An ECU executes a program including the steps of: if brake hold control is currently exerted (YES in S100), setting at zero a controlled value of a degree of operation of an accelerator pedal used as a controlled value of a degree of a request made by a driver for acceleration, to control a force output to drive the vehicle (S102); if an actual value of the degree of operation of the accelerator p...

The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition having an excellent balance between various properties such as flame retardancy, transparency, hue and thermal stability. The flame-retardant aromatic polycarbonate resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin; and 0.001 to 0.5 parts by weight of a non-halogen-based aromatic sulfonic acid metal...

An information recording medium, such as an optical disk or the like, is provided for recording at least copyrighted content information and cipher key information. A part of the content information is scrambled and recorded in the information recording medium, and the scrambled and recorded part of the content information is obtained through scrambling using scramble key information, which is obt...

Providing a strengthened platinum material with the use of melt-sprayed platinum alloy powder and through a simpler working process, which ensures strength of weld and is excellent in high temperature creep property. [Means for Solving the Problems] In a method for producing a strengthened platinum material, comprising the steps of: adding an organic solvent and wet-milling a platinum alloy powd...

An IG-off-timer (20) measures the time t_off from when an engine (2) is stopped, or an ignition is turned off. An ECU (12) sequentially memorizes an estimated temperature of each of heat generating portions (3, 8, 11) as a memorized temperature Hm. Immediately after the engine (2) is restarted, the ECU (12) sets an initial value (H0) of the estimated temperature of each heat generating portion in ...

A laser processing method is provided, which, when cutting an object to be processed comprising a substrate and a multilayer part, formed on a front face of the substrate, including a functional device, can cut the multilayer part with a high precision in particular. In a state where a protective tape 22 is attached to the front face 16a of a multilayer part 16, a substrate 4 is irradiated with l...

This invention relates to water responsive thermoplastic compositions and articles constructed thereof. This invention particularly relates to thermoplastic copolyester compositions useful for the manufacture of disposable articles such as disposable diapers and feminine napkins. More particularly, this invention relates to thermoplastic copolyester compositions that are useful as a raw material i...