The present invention relates to novel fatty acid analogous of the general formula (I): R1—[xi—CH2]n—COOR2 wherein R1 is: a C6-C24 alkene with one or more double bonds and/or with one or more triple bonds, and/or a C6-C24 alkyne, and/or a C6-C24 alkyl substituted in one or several positions with one or more compounds selected from the group comprising fluoride, chloride, hydroxy, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-...

An elevator door has a hall door and a car door. The car door is displaceable between a door juxtaposition position at which the car door is juxtaposed to the hall door and a door deviation position at which the car door is located on a door opening side with respect to the hall door by a predetermined distance from the door juxtaposition position. When the car door is located at the door deviatio...

[Object] The present invention provides an electrostatic separation method and an electrostatic separation device each of which, even in a case where the concentration of unburned components of coal ash produced by a boiler of a coal-fired power plant is as high as 15% to 30%, can stably separate the ash (into high unburned component ash and low unburned component ash) without generating spark, r...

A method and apparatus make use of data representing changes in wavelength of a radiation source to provide control of focal plane position or to provide correction of sensor data. In the first aspect, the wavelength variation data is provided to control systems that control focus by moving apparatus components including, for example, the mask table, the substrate table or optical elements of the ...

A method for forming an integrated circuit including at least two interconnected electronic switching devices, the method comprising forming at least part of the electronic switching devices by ink-jet printing.

Disclosed is an external electrode driven discharge lamp comprising a hollow glass bulb (1) forming a hermetically sealed space, a discharge gas sealed in the glass bulb, and an external electrode (22) arranged outside the glass bulb. The external electrode is a plate composed of a conductive material, and is connected to the glass bulb with a fusion-bonding layer (5) whichi is composed of a solde...

The invention provides a sodium-free flux which is to be used in treating a molten aluminum alloy in a rotary flux injection/ degassing apparatus and which can inhibit the adhesion and build-up of unreacted flux and attain high deslaging effect; and a process for treatment of a molted aluminum alloy with the flux, more specifically, a sodium-free flux which consists by mass of 80 to 95 % AlF_3...

The invention provides wire rod excellent in drawability and steel wire made from the wire rod as starting material with high productivity at good yield and low cost. A hard steel wire rod of a specified composition is heated in a specified temperature range to conduct post-reaustenization patenting and thereby obtain a high-carbon steel wire excellent in ductility that has a pearlite structure of...

A polypeptide comprising a variant Fc region, which polypeptide comprises an amino acid modification at any one or more of amino acid positions 256, 290, 298, 312, 326, 330, 333, 360, 378 or 430 of the Fc region.

Provided is a rolling guiding device which makes it possible to easily provide a movement block with an endless circulation path for the balls even in a case of a small-sized rolling guiding device using balls of a relatively small diameter and which can be produced easily and at low cost. In one surface of a movement block (2) opposed to a rolling groove (13) of a raceway rail (1), there is forme...

A mobile station for wireless communication includes a control processor configured to generate a message for transmission on a reverse channel, the message including a first protocol revision field and a second protocol revision field. The first protocol revision field is for indicating a message format supported by the mobile station and the second protocol revision field is for indicating a set...

A coolant tube and electrode are adapted to mate with each other to align the tube relative to the electrode during operation of the torch. Improved alignment ensures an adequate flow of coolant along an interior surface of the electrode. In one aspect, an elongated body of the coolant tube has a surface adapted to mate with the electrode. In another aspect, an elongated body of the electrode has ...

An embodiment of the invention provides a system and method for mapping instructions associated with haptic feedback. An apparatus having a controller including an effect mapper is disclosed. The controller is configured to receive effect instructions from at least one application. The effect mapper is in communication with the controller, and is configured to produce multiple haptic instructions ...

There is provided a ligation treating apparatus which has a plurality of ligation rings and is capable of performing ligation on varicose veins on multiple sites quickly and releasing the ligation rings from the front end of an inner cylindrical portion one at a time with certainty. A plurality of ligation rings B are aligned and held in a cylinder portion 9 which is formed by an inner cylindrical...

A process for preparing an organomercaptan is provided which comprises reacting a sulfide of the general formula (I)in which each R1 is the same or different alkyl group of up to about 6 carbon atoms, aryl group of up to about 10 carbon atoms or alkoxy group of up to about 6 carbon atoms, or at least two of R1 and the silicon atom to which they are bonded form a ring system having up to about 12 r...

A thermoplastic composition comprises poly(arylene ether) having an initial intrinsic viscosity greater than 0.25 dl/g as measured in chloroform at 25° C.; a polyolefin having a melt temperature greater than or equal to 120° C. and a melt flow rate of 0.3 to 15; a first block copolymer having a aryl alkylene content greater than or equal to 50 weight percent based on the total weight of the first ...

The erase and verify method performs an erase operation and an erase verify read operation. If the erase verify read operation fails because unerased memory cells have been found, a normal memory read operation is performed in order to determine which memory cells are still programmed. A selective erase operation is then performed on the memory cells such that only the rows that comprise unerased ...

A CRC calculating unit calculates a DCS code for a DA field to a DATA field and an FCS code for the DA field to a DCS field. A DCS checking unit outputs a DCS check result with a calculated DCS code and a DCS code in the DCS field to a terminal operating unit. An FCS checking unit outputs an FCS check result with a calculated FCS code and an FCS code in the FCS field to an FCS converting unit. The...

The present invention generally provides methods and apparatus for monitoring and maintaining flatness of a substrate in a plasma reactor. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for processing a substrate comprising positioning the substrate on an electrostatic chuck, applying an RF power between the an electrode in the electrostatic chuck and a counter electrode positioned ...

The invention relates to edge layer finishing of functional components, and thereby in particular to a method for producing wear-resistant and fatigue-resistant edge layers in titanium alloys, and components produced therewith. The method according to the invention for producing wear-resistant and fatigue-resistant edge layers in titanium alloys by means of laser gas alloying is essentially charac...