An electromagnetic driving device, which moves a movable magnetic substance in an adsorption direction against a spring by excitation of a fixed electromagnetic coil and moves the movable magnetic substance in the opposite direction by demagnetization of the fixed electromagnetic coil, to thereby bring the movable magnetic substance in a linear reciprocating motion, has been proposed in the past. ...

It is an object of the present invention to provide an image encoding apparatus, an image encoding method, and an image encoding program, which can homogenize image quality of an image as a whole without lowering encoding efficiency, being operable at high speed, and reduce the size of circuit scale by performing macroblock shuffling without changing slice structure. Provided is an image encoding ...

A semiconductor memory information storage apparatus includes a storage unit using a nonvolatile memory, a write number manager counting each of numbers of times of writing of all blocks, a list manager classifying the blocks in the nonvolatile memory by in-use/unused, managing in an in-use list a block of the in-use, managing in a first unused list a block with the number of times of writing equa...

A multimedia information receiving apparatus receives multimedia information which is transmitted by a broadcast system and receives multimedia information which is simultaneously transmitted by another transmission system such as IP communications, and generates one received information by selecting elements having a few errors from elements of demodulated broadcast system information and element...

Disclosed are compounds according to formula (I) as well as pharmaceutical compositions which include those compounds. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds, which have activity as agonists or as antagonists of LPA receptors; such methods including treating cancer, producing radioprotection and/or radiomitigation, enhancing cell proliferation, treating a wound, treating apoptosis or p...

It is an object to improve the frequency use efficiency of the overall system. In order to solve the object, a base station that performs radio data communication with terminal devices by using a plurality of bands of which each has a data channel region to which a data channel is assigned and a control channel region to which a control channel is assigned. The base station includes a control chan...

The invention comprises: a pipe system comprising i) an exploratory pipe for extracting the fluid containing the gas, ii) an injection pipe for returning the fluid depleted of the gas and iii) a plurality of gas traps, wherein I) the gas traps are functionally connected both to the exploratory pipe and to the injection pipe such that the fluid can be transferred from the exploratory pipe through t...

The invention is directed to methods and kits that allow for classification of colorectal cancer cells according to genomic profiles, and methods of diagnosing, predicting clinical outcomes, and stratifying patient populations for clinical testing and treatment using the same.

A modular, reduced-pressure, wound-closure system for generating a closing force on a surface wound on a patient includes a sealed contracting member, a plurality of attachment base members, and a plurality of connecting members. The combination of the plurality of attachment base members and plurality of connecting members forms a circumferential wall around the surface wound. The sealed contract...

The present invention may be embodied as a device for selectively opening or closing an anesthetic reservoir, thee device having a first component adaptable to a reservoir and a second component adaptable to a vaporizer. The first component may have a base, a nozzle, and a through-hole. The second component may have a support member with a knob for engaging the through-hole of the first component ...

A polymer of formula (I): where: n is an integer from 10 to 5,000; m is an integer from 10 to 5,000; Ar1 and Ar3 are the same or different and are residues derived from a tetra-hydroxy aromatic monomer, the tetra-hydroxy aromatic monomer being wherein R is the same or different and is H or a C1-C8 alkyl, C2-C8 alkenyl or C3-C8 cycloalkyl group; and, Ar2 and Ar4 are the same or different and are re...

Providing control (scheduling) information for multi-carrier uplink transmission are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may set a happy bit for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions on each uplink carrier considering aggregated transmission capability over all uplink carriers. The happy bit is set to "unhappy" if the WTRU is transmitting as much scheduled data as allowed...

Disclosed is a compound useful for the prevention and/or treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma.  Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound as an active ingredient. The pharmacological activities of natural fermented materials are examined extensively, and it is found that a cyclic depsipeptide compound derived from a soil bacterium belongi...

In a transmitter on a supplying eNB side, a first packet transmitting part carries out an operation of transmitting a retransmitted data packet. In a transmitter on a cooperative NB side, on the other hand, a second packet transmitting part carries out an operation of transmitting a novel data packet corresponding to information transferred from the supplying eNB by a packet transfer part. Control...

A modulo reduction is performed on a value a represented as an ordered sequence of computer readable words. The lowest order words are eliminated by substituting an equivalent value represented by higher order words for each of the lower order words. The lowest order words are eliminated until the sequence has a word length corresponding to the modulus. Carries and borrows resulting from the subst...

A soft capsule preparation which comprises a dispersion of (2E,4E,6E,10E)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2,4,6,10,14- hexadecapentaenoic acid in a vegetable oil filled in a soft capsule comprising a shell having a light blocking effect. The soft capsule preparation preferably comprises polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate and glycerol monostearate and the like as surfactants. As the vegetable oil, soybean o...

The disclosure is directed to a radiation curable composition including abrasive grains and a binder composition. The binder composition includes about 10 wt% to about 90 wt% cationically polymerizable compound, not greater than about 40 wt% radically polymerizable compound, and about 5 wt% to about 80 wt% particulate filler based on the weight of the binder composition. The particulate filler inc...

The invention relates to a cell connector (6) for a battery, especially for absorbing, in conjunction with at least one damping element (9), the vertical forces that are caused by the impact of shocks. The cell connector (6), at one end, is connected to the positive or negative electrodes (4, 5) which are received in a housing (2) having a housing cover (3), and, at the other end, comprises at lea...

The invention is concerned with novel sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I) wherein R2, R3, R4, A, X, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Z1 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit L-CPT1 and can be used as medicaments.

A plasma oxidation processing method is performed, on a structural object including a silicon layer and a refractory metal-containing layer, to form a silicon oxide film. A first plasma oxidation process is performed by use of a process gas including at least hydrogen gas and oxygen gas and a process pressure of 1.33 to 66.67 Pa. A second plasma oxidation process is performed by use of a process g...