A clip (10) is described for fastening of roof tiles (12), which are cut at an angle, to valley gutters or hip roofs, comprising a first U-shaped clamp part (14) for insertion onto the roof tile (12), wherein the first U-shaped clamp part (14) comprises an opening (18) in the bottom of the U-shape, and a second fastening part (16) designed with an elongated section (20) for fastening to battens or...

There are provided: an easy-release laminate having a high adhesive property when in use while allowing easy release of a substrate thereof when irradiated with energy, the laminate comprising (A): a substrate, (B): an adhesive that becomes capable of release when receiving energy, and (C): an adhesive that does not become capable of release even when receiving energy, which are laminated sequenti...

The present invention relates to transgenic non-human animals that are engineered to contain human immunoglobulin gene loci. In particular, animals in accordance with the invention possess human Ig loci that include plural variable (VH and V kappa) gene regions. Advantageously, the inclusion of plural variable region genes enhances the specificity and diversity of human antibodies produced by the ...

A screw attachment (10, 10′, 10″) disposed around a fastening piece (17) secured to a main fastening body (25a), the screw attachment sandwiched between a head (17b) of the fastening piece and a securing object (22) so that the screw attachment bears a securing force of the fastening piece to press the securing object. The screw attachment includes a pair of arms (12, 13) made of a shape restoring...

A light source unit comprises a plurality of light sources emitting a plurality of light beams. A plurality of volume hologram elements are provided for the plurality of light sources respectively, each volume hologram element having a plane of incidence of an incoming light beam and a plane of outgoing radiation of a diffracted light beam which are perpendicular to each other, the plurality of vo...

A technique for re-mapping the input elements disposed on a hand-held electronic device to an executable function that is different than the pre-loaded or pre-assigned function(s) provided in software applications may include receiving configuration settings for a software application or a class of software applications, including at least one physical input element, such as a key, rotary dial, or...

A laboratory microfluidic analytical mixer unit has a first microfluidic passage system (2), and a discrete second microfluidic passage system (5) transporting heat or cold energy in fluid form. The first microfluidic system is separated from a void (12) by a first partition (11) which is thinner than a second partition (8) separating the first and second microfluidic systems. The void is linked t...

An arrayed waveguide grating has optical input waveguides, a first slab waveguide, an arrayed waveguide comprising plural waveguides of mutually-different lengths, a second slab waveguide and plural optical output waveguides. The first slab waveguide is divided along division surfaces crossing the light path into divided slab waveguides. The divided slab waveguide is temperature-dependently moved ...

The present invention provides compounds represented by formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof: wherein X represents CH or N; Z represents -O-, -NH- or - C(=O)-; R and R' represent a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl, a halogen atom, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl optionally substituted alkoxy, amino, aminocarbonyl, or an optionally substi...

An authentication system using a correlator that correlates an input (84) with a reference (88) wherein at least one of the input and reference comprises a phase volume mask having structures that are each less than about six microns in size and can have an aspect ratio (AR) greater than 1:1 so as to produce a phase encoded random pattern having millions of combinations in a mask that is as small ...

A finger sensor may include a plurality of finger image sensing arrays for generating a respective plurality of finger image data sets based upon sliding finger movement over the finger image sensing arrays, and a processor cooperating with the finger image sensing arrays. The processor may determine finger movement based upon the finger image data sets, and generate a resampled finger image data ...

A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: no more than 1.50% (excluding 0%), Mn: 0.5 to 2.5%, P: no more than 0.035% (excluding 0%), S: no more than 0-01% (including 0%), Al: 0.02 to 0.15%, and Ti: 0.05 to 0.2%, which is characterized in that its metallographic structure is composed of 60 to 95 vol% of bainite and solid solution-hardened or precipitation-hardened ferr...

A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet containing C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: no more than 1.50% (excluding 0%), Mn: 0.5 to 2.5%, P: no more than 0.035% (excluding 0%), S: no more than 0-01% (including 0%), Al: 0.02 to 0.15%, and Ti: 0.05 to 0.2%, which is characterized in that its metallographic structure is composed of 60 to 95 vol% of bainite and solid solution-hardened or precipitation-hardened ferr...

A brake control device for an electric vehicle suppresses excessive brake force or shortage of brake force. An electric-brake-force instruction controller (15) generates an electric-brake force instruction (14) to each motor. A comparison pattern generator (5) generates a release-notification-signal electric-brake-force comparison pattern (10) obtained by shifting a release-electric-brake-force co...

An elevator car having a top cover provided at the upper part of a car body, the top cover having a rescue opening. A design frame body is placed below the top cover. On the design frame body is provided a lighting cover facing the top cover. A lighting device is placed between the top cover and the lighting cover. The design frame body has a latticework member capable of swinging between a stowag...

Output data of a device under test (DUT) is obtained at timing of both rising and falling edges of a clock output from the DUT, and output data of a DDR type device is fetched in synchronization with the clock. A semiconductor test apparatus comprises a clock side time interpolator 20 which obtains clocks input from a DUT 1 by a plurality of strobes of constant timing intervals and which outputs t...

A nitriding process is performed at a process temperature of 500°C or more by causing microwave-excited high-density plasma of a nitrogen-containing gas to act on silicon in the surface of a target object, inside a process container of a plasma processing apparatus. The plasma is generated by supplying microwaves into the process container from a planar antenna having a plurality of slots.

A footrest apparatus according to the present invention enables change of the position of a footrest and fixation of the same both in a position in which a surface for massaging lower limbs is oriented frontward and a position in which a lower limb resting surface is oriented frontward. The footrest apparatus according to the invention includes a pair of left and right supporting members ( 3, 3 ) ...

The invention is concerned with the systematic elucidation and identification of regulatory sequences. The invention provides among others screenings and detection methods with which regulatory sequences can be identified. The invention further provides regulatory sequences and use thereof in various fields such as, but not limited to protein production, diagnostics, transgenic plants and animals,...

The invention is concerned with the systematic elucidation and identification of regulatory sequences. The invention provides among others screenings and detection methods with which regulatory sequences can be identified. The invention further provides regulatory sequences and use thereof in various fields such as, but not limited to protein production, diagnostics, transgenic plants and animals,...