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Apparatus and methods are described for split synthesis combinatorial chemistry that provides candidate libraries where an even distribution of theoretical products is obtainable through even mixing during the pooling step, followed by controlled redistribution of the mixed pooled products from the prior addition step into separate synthesis columns, one for each different specie of subunit to be added.

A method of transforming a normally gaseous composition containing at least one hydrogen source, at least one oxygen source and at least one carbon source into a normally liquid fuel, wherein said gaseous composition consists at least in part of carbon dioxide as said carbon source and said oxygen source, and of methane as said hydrogen source and as a second carbon source; the method comprising the steps of feeding the composition into a reactor including a first electrode means, a second electrode means and at least one layer of a normally solid dielectric material positioned between the first and the second electrode means; submitting the composition within the reactor in the presence of a normally solid catalyst to a dielectric barrier discharge, wherein said normally solid catalyst is a member selected from the group of zeolites, aluminophosphates, silicoaluminophosphates, metalloaluminophosphates and metal oxides containing OH groups; and controlling the dielectric barrier discharge to convert the gaseous composition into the normally liquid fuel.

In a system for managing information from electronic pens, each electronic pen includes a memory which is designed to store controlling software and a set of templates. Each template associates pen positions with functionality implemented by the controlling software. In a method and arrangement of controlling operation of electronic pens, a separate set of template versions are generated for each of a plurality of different versions of the controlling software. A pen, which stores a given version of the controlling software, is provided with a corresponding set, in which all template versions suitably indicates functionality which is fully implemented by the given version of the software.

A hair removal device and single-emitter diode based light homogenizing apparatus for use therewith, the homogenizing apparatus including a light guide having oppositely tapered walls, and a plurality of single-emitter laser diodes mounted to a carrier plate and optically coupled to an input end of the light guide. The housing of the device has an arcuate and ergonomic shape so as to be capable of being gripped by a user. A diffuser is applied to an output window of the device in order to produce a safe divergence of light exiting the device. Beams emitted from the diodes and coupled into the light guide are totally internally reflected to enhance the uniformity of the output beam exiting the light guide.

In the method of the present invention, one of each pair of photons connected through entanglement is distributed to a transmitting station, relay stations and a receiving station. After the photons reach secure sites, such as the relay stations, a base for detecting photons is determined between adjacent sites, and then photons are detected in each site, which makes it possible to obtain a secret key used for secure information transmission between relay stations using bases coincide with each other every time. Also, in the present invention, a high-quality random number sequence serving as a secret key is automatically generated in a physical manner every time by detecting a superposition state of an entanglement and procedures corresponding to those in which a secret key itself is transmitted in a form of a quantum cryptogram are performed.

The object of the present invention is to provide a photobase generator capable of efficiently generating amines (tertiary amines and amidine) high in catalytic activity by sensing light with a wavelength of from 350 to 500 nm (especially, from 400 to 500 nm).The present invention is a photobase generator characterized in being represented by general formula (1) or (2).Y+ is a quaternary ammonio group of general formula (3) to (5), and X− is a counter anion selected from among a borate anion, a phenolate anion, and a carboxylate anion.

An object of the invention is to provide an engine system driving an engine by using a hydrogen rich gas generated from a medium chemically repeating a hydrogen absorption and a hydrogen desorption as one of fuels, in which the engine system can efficiently generate a hydrogen rich gas from the medium. In an engine system which mounts a medium chemically repeating a hydrogen absorption and a hydrogen desorption thereon, is provided with a hydrogen supplying apparatus generating or storing a hydrogen rich gas from the medium, and drives an engine by using the hydrogen rich gas as one of fuels, the engine system has a detecting portion detecting an operating state of the engine, and a medium supplying amount control means controlling a supplying amount of the medium supplied to the hydrogen supplying apparatus in correspondence to a result of detection of the detecting portion.

An internal mix spray nozzle assembly adapted for operation with lesser pressurized air requirements. The spray nozzle assembly includes a liquid passage for directing a liquid flow stream against an impingement pin, and an air guide is provided for forming an annular pressurized air passage about the liquid flow stream for striking and atomizing a laterally spreading dispersion of liquid from the impingement surface. For enhancing liquid atomization, the air guide defines a relatively narrow width air flow opening for substantially accelerating and increasing the pressure of the atomizing air stream, and the impingement pin is formed with a relatively large primary impinging surface and a parallel downstream secondary impingement surface that facilitates further liquid particle breakdown and prevents the accumulation of liquids about the bottom of the impingement pin.

A prime number generating device is provided that includes a computation unit capable of performing at least addition and division on data of a predetermined number of bits or less; a prime number candidate data generating unit that generates prime number candidate data with a larger number of bits than the predetermined number of bits; a partitioned prime number candidate data generating unit that generates a plurality of partitioned prime number candidate data elements by partitioning the prime number candidate data; and a determination data generating unit that generates determination data for determining whether or not the prime number candidate expressed by the prime number candidate data is a composite number by using the computation unit to add together the respective plurality of partitioned prime number candidate data elements.

Embodiments of the invention are directed to detecting an abnormality in head flying height. In one embodiment, an AGC controller establishes the gain of the reproduced signal through gain adjustment using the servo AGC of the servo signal. A digital filter performs filtering processing by use of the obtained gain data g and the gain data of previous sectors. A comparative judgment section obtains filtered gain data G from the digital filter and compares the gain data G with a reference value CRITERIA to determine whether the flying height is normal or abnormal. If the gain G is larger than the reference value CRITERIA, then the data write operation is inhibited. The filter parameters of the digital filter are programmable parameters which can be set and changed.

This invention relates to an optical fiber and others having a structure for efficiently generating SC light while realizing high nonlinearity over a wide band. The optical fiber has at least a center core region, and an outside cladding region having a refractive index lower than that of the center core region and provided on an outer periphery of the center core region. The optical fiber has, as characteristics to light of a wavelength λ1 in a wavelength range of 1520 nm to 1620 nm, a chromatic dispersion of −2 ps / nm / km to +2 ps / nm / km, a dispersion slope of −0.009 ps / nm2 / km to +0.009 ps / nm2 / km, and a fourth-order dispersion of −1.8×10−4 ps / nm3 / km to +1.8×10−4 ps / nm3 / km.

A method and system for generating meeting maker requests as efficiently and with as few steps as possible. Here, a software API or program automatically generates and populates a meeting maker request by using information already located within an electronic message, such as an e-mail, to compose the meeting maker request. One embodiment includes a method for converting an electronic message into a meeting maker. The method comprises receiving an electronic message. Meeting information is located within the received electronic message. Invited attendees to the meeting are determined based on information within the electronic message. A meeting maker request is automatically generated using the determined information.

This invention provides a method for preparing a brown adipocyte from a somatic cell of a mammal by introducing at least one brown adipocyte-related gene or expression product thereof and at least one reprogramming-related gene or expression product thereof into the somatic cell, the brown adipocyte-related gene being at least one member selected from the group consisting of PRDM16(P) and C / EBPβ(C), the reprogramming-related gene being at least one member selected from the group consisting of Myc family genes (c-Myc(M), N-Myc, L-Myc(L), S-Myc, and B-Myc), GLIS family genes (GLIS1 (G), GLIS 2, and GLIS 3), Klf family genes (KLF1, KLF2, KLF3, KLF4(K), KLF5, KLF6, KLF7, KLF8, KLF9, KLF10, KLF11, KLF12, KLF13, KLF14, KLF15, KLF16, and KLF17), Oct family genes, Sox family genes, and Lin-28.

An apparatus and method for generating a Software Defined Network (SDN)-based virtual network. The apparatus includes a network information generator and a virtual network generator, in which an SDN-based virtual network desired by a user may be generated efficiently by allocating physical resources to reflect various user demands.

A first surface of a porous medium is in contact with a first space. A second surface of the porous medium is in contact with a second space. The first space is in communication with the second space via the pores of the porous medium. Light in a wavelength range where the material of the porous medium exhibits light absorption properties is applied to the first surface of the porous medium from a light source, so that energy of the applied light can be efficiently absorbed into the porous medium from its first surface, and the first surface of the porous medium can be efficiently heated. As a result, a thermal transpiration flow can be efficiently generated in the porous medium, and a pressure difference can be efficiently produced between the first space and the second space.

There is provided a motor controlling circuit including: a hall signal level detecting unit detecting a hall signal from a hall sensor; and a signal generating unit sensing a change in a level of the hall signal to generate a motor controlling signal according to the change in the level of the hall signal, wherein the signal generating unit determines that the hall signal is maintained at a high level in a case in which a high level maintaining time of the hall signal is equal to or shorter than a preset time.

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for updating database objects with report aggregations. These mechanisms and methods for updating database objects with report aggregations can enable high-level configurations defining the use of report aggregations in specified database objects. This can allow user-friendly configurations of data aggregations and uses thereof, efficient generation of reports having data aggregations, and / or aggregations that are not limited based on user access privileges but that summarize all desired data.

Disclosed is a near field light generator, which makes it possible to generate the near field light in a preferable way. The generator includes: an optical waveguide having a clad, and a core, which is enclosed by the clad, and a refractive index of which is higher than that of the clad; a metal structural body that is shaped in substantially a plain plate, disposed at a position between the clad and the core; and a low refractive layer that is sandwiched between a partial surface of the core and the metal structural body. The electric field component of the light oscillates within an oscillation surface being substantially perpendicular to the partial surface. The width of the metal structural body in a direction substantially perpendicular to the oscillation surface tapers from the light coupling section of the optical waveguide towards the light emitting section of the optical waveguide.

An image acquisition unit acquires a plurality of projection images by imaging a subject at each of a plurality of radiation source positions. A reconstruction unit reconstructs the plurality of projection images to generate a plurality of tomographic images. A frequency decomposition unit frequency-decomposes each of the plurality of tomographic images to acquire a plurality of band tomographic images, which show frequency components of each of the plurality of frequency bands, for each of the plurality of tomographic images. A two-dimensional image generation unit generates a band synthesized two-dimensional image by projecting the plurality of band tomographic images for each frequency band. A frequency synthesizing unit performs frequency synthesis by weighting the band synthesized two-dimensional image for each frequency band, thereby generating a composite two-dimensional image.

A fitting includes: a first member; a second member coupled by screw coupling with the first member; and a ferrule placed in an accommodation space between the first member, the second member, and a pipe. The ferrule has a rising portion including a first end portion, a pressed portion located closer to a second end portion than the rising portion, and an intermediate portion including a portion where an inner diameter is greater than the first end portion and the second end portion, the intermediate portion connecting together the rising portion and the pressed portion. The first member has a first tapered inner circumferential surface, which is an inner circumferential surface having a tapered shape, to be in contact with the first end portion of the ferrule. The second member has a pressing portion for pressing at least a portion of the pressed portion of the ferrule. The accommodation space provides a clearance for accommodating the ferrule and allowing the rising portion to rise so as to increase an angle of the rising portion.

A speed-up charge pump includes a first charge pump for receiving an up signal and a down signal in digital form to produce a first voltage control signal at an output node. Further, at least one speed-up phase detector includes a first circuit path to receive the up signal and delay the up signal by a predetermined delay as a delay up signal and operate the up signal and the delay up signal by AND logic into an auxiliary up signal; and a second circuit path to receive the down signal and delay the down signal by the predetermined delay as a delay down signal and operate the down signal and the delay down signal by AND logic into an auxiliary down signal. A second charge pump is respectively receiving the auxiliary up and down signals to produce a second voltage control signal also at the output node.

The present invention relates to a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for designing a building model by using valuation. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for designing a building model by using valuation, comprising the steps of: acquiring information on construction elements and information on financial elements regarding a building site; and hierarchically generating design models for at least one item of a building outline shape that is placeable on the building site, a building core structure that is applicable to the building outline shape, an area distribution according to a purpose of use in the building core structure, and a planar structure of each floor of the building according to the area distribution, on the basis of the acquired information.

The present invention provides a catalyst for generating hydrogen, containing a composite metal of iron and nickel, the catalyst used in a decomposition reaction of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of hydrazine and hydrates thereof; and a method for generating hydrogen, including contacting the catalyst for generating hydrogen with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of hydrazine and hydrates thereof.According to the invention, hydrogen can be efficiently generated with improved selectivity in the method for generating hydrogen that utilizes the decomposition reaction of hydrogen.

A table storage unit 81 stores a first table including an objective variable and a second table different in granularity from the first table. A descriptor creation unit 82 creates a feature descriptor for generating a feature which is a variable that can influence the objective variable, from the first table and the second table. The descriptor creation unit 82 creates a plurality of feature descriptors, each by generating a combination of a mapping condition element indicating a mapping condition for rows in the first table and the second table and a reduction method element indicating a reduction method for reducing, for each objective variable, data of each column included in the second table.

Efficiently generating effective address translations for memory management test cases including obtaining a first set of EAs, wherein each EA comprises an effective segment ID and a page, wherein each effective segment ID of each EA in the first set of EAs is mapped to a same first effective segment; obtaining a set of virtual address corresponding to the first set of EAs; translating the first set of EAs by applying a hash function to each virtual address in the set of virtual addresses to obtain a first set of PTEG addresses mapped to a first set of PTEGs; and generating a translation for a second set of EAs to obtain a second set of PTEG addresses mapped to the first set of PTEGs.

A digital broadcast signal multiplexing apparatus includes buffers store the number x of data X, a comparator determines a cumulative sum SX of the data X and a cumulative sum SA of the data A, and compares these cumulative sum SX and cumulative sum SA, a first processor sets the data A into nth data X, adds x to the cumulative sum SX when the cumulative sum SX is the cumulative sum SA, and adds a to the cumulative sum SA to determine whether or not data A is set into n+1th data X, and adds a to the cumulative sum SA to determine whether or not data A is set into n+1th data X when the cumulative sum SX is not the cumulative sum SA, a second processor causes the comparator and the first processor to repeatedly execute process until n is made to be x or more.

An optical fiber made of silica glass includes a core having a maximum refractive index n1, a depressed portion surrounding the core and having an average refractive index n2, and cladding surrounding the depressed portion and having an average refractive index n3. In the optical fiber, n1>n3>n2. The optical fiber has a local maximum value of chromatic dispersion within a wavelength range of 1530 nm to 1610 nm, and the local maximum value is −2 ps / nm / km or greater and below 0 ps / nm / km. (86 words)

The present invention provides a method for producing a fatty acid alkyl ester, including step 1 of adding at least one surfactant selected from anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants and amphoteric surfactants and water to a crude fatty acid alkyl ester and stirring to obtain a mixture containing aggregates, and step 2 of separating the aggregates from the mixture from step 1 so that the removal rate of steryl glucoside is 60% or more.