A method for fabricating a component board which includes forming a first main-face-side Au plating layer on surfaces of main-face-side connection terminals and a first back-face-side Au plating layer on surfaces of back-face-side connection terminals of the component board; covering the first main-face-side Au plating layer with a protection layer; forming a second back-face-side Au plating layer...

This invention discloses (20S)-1alpha-hydroxy-2-methylene-19-nor-bishomopregnacalciferol and pharmaceutical uses therefor. This compound exhibits pronounced activity in arresting the proliferation of undifferentiated cells and inducing their differentiation to the monocyte thus evidencing use as an anti-cancer agent and for the treatment of skin diseases such as psoriasis as well as skin condition...

The present invention relates to polythiophenes, particularly regioregular head-to-tail poly(3-alkylthiophenes) (HT-PATs), block copolymers made therefrom, and their methods of formation. The present invention provides HT-PATs with well-defined, specific end-groups, functionalization of the defined HT-PATs, and incorporation of end group functionalized HT-PATs into block copolymers with structural...

The pixels of a top emission display include a light emission device having a transparent pixel electrode and a metal pixel electrode on both surfaces of a light emitting layer and a driving circuit controlling the driving current of the light emission device. The driving circuit is formed on a substrate, and the light emission device is formed as a layer above the driving circuit with an intermed...

A portable device ( 100 ) communicates with a short range wireless local area network ( 114 ) and a wide area communication system ( 116 ). The portable device ( 100 ) receives a location data from the short range wireless local area network ( 114 ). The portable device ( 100 ) generates a location sensitive information request to the wide area communication system ( 116 ) including the location d...

A signal representative of a key is generated from authenticator-value information and key base information. The authenticator-value information represents a specified authenticator value. The key base information contains identification information which is set to reproduce the specified authenticator value according to a predetermined degeneration function. Contents information is encrypted into...

An image-recording apparatus and image-recording process capable of suppressing mispositioning of recording of an image from an ideal position while correcting for mispositioning of the recording of the image in a case in which a recording medium is deformed to an arbitrary shape. When a wiring pattern is to be recorded on a PWB (printed wiring board) using raster data, deformation information rep...

A forceps for clamping, grasping, manipulating, coagulating/desiccating and cutting tissue includes a shaft portion having a proximal end, a distal end and first and second jaw members pivotally attached to the distal end of the shaft by a pivot assembly. Each of the jaw members including an opposing inner facing surface having a plurality of wave forms disposed thereon for engaging tissue therebe...

A multi-slice NMR imaging method for recording N slices (N>1) from a measuring object, wherein for complete image reconstruction, an acquisition in m (m>1) repetition steps with different spatial encoding is used, with a magnetization preparation in the form of a saturation pulse which is selective with respect to chemical shift and which is applied P times (1<=P

A liquid crystal device 1 , that is, an electrooptic device, has a second electrode 11 provided so as to oppose a first electrode 10 , and a liquid crystal provided between the first electrode 10 and the second electrode 11 . This liquid crystal device 1 further has a first substrate 2 on which the first electrode 10 is provided and a wire 14 which is formed on the first substrate 2 and is electri...

A method for evaluating capacity utilization of a terminus in a communication system where the terminus has a maximum capacity and accommodates a plurality of communication lines in coupled relationship with the terminus, includes the steps of: (a) identifying the plurality of communication lines; each respective line has a respective line speed and a respective character-type that is one characte...

The present invention is a method and apparatus for providing preferential enhancement of an artery of interest relative to adjacent veins and background tissue. The method and apparatus adapts the timing of a maximum or substantially elevated rate of infusion to correlate with the collection of image data corresponding to the center of k-space. The technique and apparatus temporally correlates th...

In order to segment a distribution of points into partial areas with predetermined structural elements, a feature vector ({right arrow over (x_i) whose components are determined based on several scaling factors is ascertained for each point ({right arrow over (p_i); the accompanying feature vectors ({right arrow over (p_i^l) are determined for a predetermine...

With an insertion catheter for inserting a vascular prosthesis into a vessel, with an elongate, substantially tubular catheter cover having a proximal and a distal end, with an outlet for the vascular prosthesis provided at the distal end, in order to make insertion of the vascular prosthesis into the vessel particularly safe and simple, in particular, to provide the vascular prosthesis with prote...

The present invention provides a web splicing method and a web splicing apparatus with which a line velocity on an output side of the splicing apparatus does not fluctuate through a web splicing operation. The method and apparatus are further operable to maintain a line velocity at a predetermined velocity after the web splicing operation. The method of the present invention includes the steps of:...

A wire-bonding machine includes a heat block for supporting a lead frame during wire-bonding. A clamp mechanism in the machine clamps leads of the lead frame during wire-bonding by fixedly holding sets of the leads against the heat block one set at a time. A wire-bonding tool wire-bonds leads clamped by the clamp mechanism to bond pads on an integrated circuit die. By clamping leads of the lead fr...

The present invention provides a field weldable connection.

A system and associated friction stir welding (FSW) assembly, controller and method for performing a friction stir welding operation are provided. The friction stir welding system includes a FSW device, such as a CNC machine, that includes an actuator capable of moving a FSW tool relative to a workpiece. The system also includes a controller capable of controlling the FSW device to drive the actua...

A system and method is used for measuring the performance of semiconductor processing tools. A software component may be used to define a set of performance variables and associate performance limits. From the set of performance variables, a set of variables may be selected to create a customized test for a particular tool. The system may be used to store the results of the tests within the system...

An embodiment of the present invention comprises a wireless communication network topology having a wireless head end coupled to multiple Internet Service Providers, which are in turn coupled to the Internet. In addition, the topology features a radio transceiver in a tower coupled to the wireless head end via an Ethernet switch for sending and receiving data to and from customer premise equipment...