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Devices and methods are disclosed for placing a barrier across the neck of a vascular aneurysm, and specifically across the neck of a cerebrovascular aneurysm. The barrier is a stent or neck bridge that completely or partially blocks the flow of blood into the aneurysm and, further, prevents the migration of embolic coils out of the aneurysm and into the parent vessel. The neck bridge or stent of the present invention comprises elements for superior flexibility and stability when placed within the parent vessel. The neck bridge or stent of the present invention is loaded into the catheter by either being rolled tightly and sheathed or stretched to permit loading into the delivery catheter in a small, highly flexible configuration that may be advanced through the cerebrovasculature to pathological aneurysms.

A coupling between the handle (2) and the machine housing (1) of a hand power tool having the greatest possible vibration damping is produced by the fact that the handle (2) is coupled with the machine housing (1) via two or more parallel levers (4, 5) situated nearly perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (3) of the hand power tool, whereby the levers (4, 5) are hinge-mounted on the machine housing (1) on the one hand and on the handle (2) on the other hand.

The present invention is directed to a process for preparing a capsule product through the increase in the polymerization cure temperature and cure time during the capsule-making process. The microcapsule products prepared according the process of the present invention exhibit enhanced retention of active materials in consumer products which promote instability.

Processes are provided for making dense, spherical mixed-metal carbonate or phosphate precursors that are particularly well suited for the production of active materials for electrochemical devices such as lithium ion secondary batteries. Exemplified methods include precipitating dense, spherical particles of metal carbonates or metal phosphates from a combined aqueous solution using a precipitating agent such as ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, or a mixture that includes sodium hydrogen carbonate. Other exemplified methods include precipitating dense, spherical particles of metal phosphates using a precipitating agent such as ammonium hydrogen phosphate, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium phosphate, sodium hydrogen phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, or a mixture of any two or more thereof. Further provided are compositions of and methods of making dense, spherical metal oxides and metal phosphates using the dense, spherical metal precursors. Still further provided are electrodes and batteries using the same.

An oxide semiconductor film having high stability with respect to light irradiation or a semiconductor device having high stability with respect to light irradiation is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor film including an oxide in which light absorption is observed by a constant photocurrent method (CPM) in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 800 nm, and in which an absorption coefficient of a defect level, which is obtained by removing light absorption due to a band tail from the light absorption, is lower than or equal to 5×10−2 / cm. Alternatively, a semiconductor device is manufactured using the semiconductor film.

A user selectable interchangeable bra system enables user to customize the selection, style, construction, and usage of a bra both through component purchase and interchangeable fit. An infinite number of different size, color and fits are possible, as well as underwire interchangeableness. The center connector can be selected to provide for user selectable cup separation. Buckle type shoulder strap fittings can be provided with a tiny loop to support body jewelry, and because the shoulder straps are reversible, the body jewelry can be worn on the front or back upper chest, especially where the jewelry can appear to come from underneath the dress to give an appearance of a much more extensive jewelry extent.

O / W emulsions, contain at least one organosilicon compound bearing a glycoside radical and at least one metal oxide are present. The emulsions are stable with respect to pH and exhibit a high degree of dispersion of the metal oxide. The emulsions are particularly useful as cosmetic formulations, in particular as sun screen lotions and creams.

The present invention relates to a novel thermophilic ethanol producing yeast strain, a microorganism, Kluyveromyces sp. IIPE453 MTCC 5314, classified as yeast, which exhibits growth and sugar fermentation at higher temperature range between 37° C. to 55° C. The novel yeast strain is capable of utilizing wide range of mono and di-saccharide sugars belongs to hexose and pentose carbohydrate family individually or in a mixture that obtained from hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass, such as sugarcane bagasse or starch based biomass such as cassava, potato, corn etc. for its growth and produce ethanol by fermentation process at temperature range 40° C. to 55° C. It also relates to a novel process for the preparation of ethanol by Kluyveromyces species IIPE453. Thus application of thermophilic yeast strain Kluyveromyces sp. IIPE453 MTCC 5314 has wide scope for industrial production of bioethanol from low cost renewable biomass as alternate feedstock to molasses.

The invention discloses a polymer matrix conductive composite material, prepared from a first crystalline polymer, a second crystalline polymer, a conductive filler, an inorganic filler and a processing auxiliary. The invention also discloses a method for preparing a temperature self-limiting heat tracing cable from the composite material. The polymer matrix conductive composite material provided by the invention contains the second crystalline polymer which is capable of improving the interface bonding between the conductive filler carbon black and polyethylene, so that the stability of the conductive network in the composite material is enhanced and the interface resistance between the conductive composite material and the electrode after the heat tracing cable is placed at a high temperatures is reduced; and the prepared temperature self-limiting heat tracing cable has excellent resistance reproducibility and stability.

An in vivo monitoring method in a laparoscope system is provided. An object image is sequentially created with expression of a surface color of an object in a body cavity. A lock area (specific area) is determined within the object image, the lock area being movable by following motion of the object. A monitor image including a graph of oxygen saturation is generated according to a part image included in the object image and located in the lock area. The monitor image is displayed. Preferably, the oxygen saturation of the lock area is acquired according to two spectral data with respect to wavelengths of which an absorption coefficient is different between oxidized hemoglobin and reduced hemoglobin in data of the object image. The object is constituted by a blood vessel.

The control method of arranging carbon nanotubes selectively orientationally on the surface of a substrate relates to the field of nano-technology. The invention includes: a) treating the solid substrate to be hydrophilic or hydrophobic; b) attaching the organic macromolecular with hydrophilic and hydrophobic end to the surface of the purified carbon nanotubes, and dissolving those carbon nanotubes into water or a solvent; c) spreading the above solution onto the surface of water in sub-phase by controlling the surface pressure-area isotherm of the carbon nanotube film on the water surface after volatilization of water or the organic solvent; d) transferring the formed carbon nanotube film to the above treated solid substrate surface to form the arrangement layer of the carbon nanotubes. This invention possesses substantial characteristics and notable improvement. The present invention can control the arrangement direction of the carbon nanotubes and can successively remove organic molecule.

The present invention provides an implantable electrode with increased stability having a clustered structure wherein the surface of the electrode is covered with a material comprising openings which are filled with sticks or posts. The present invention provides an implantable electrode with increased stability wherein the surface is of the electrode comprises mesh grids which are filled with sticks which are filed with a conducting or insulating material. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an electrode with increased stability, comprising: depositing a metal layer on an base layer; applying photoresist layer on the metal layer; patterning the photoresist layer providing openings; electroplating the openings with metal; removing the photoresist layer leaving spaces; and filling the spaces with polymer. The present invention provides A method of manufacturing an electrode with increased stability, comprising: depositing a metal layer on an base layer; applying a polymer layer on the metal layer; applying photoresist layer on the polymer layer; patterning the photoresist layer providing openings; electroplating the openings with metal; and removing the photoresist layer.

A sheet for solar cell encapsulant including (A) an ethylene copolymer selected from 1a to 5a; and (B) an ethylene copolymer selected from 1b to 3b, the copolymer (A) having a melting point of 90° C. or higher and containing constituent unit derived from ethylene [1a: ethylene-vinyl acetate (VA) copolymer, 2a: ethylene-acrylate copolymer, 3a: high-pressure method low-density polyethylene, 4a: ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, 5a: ethylene-G(M)A copolymer other than the below-described 1b, 1b: ethylene-G(M)A copolymer, 2b: ethylene-VA-G(M)A copolymer, 3b: ethylene-acrylate-G(M)A copolymer]. In the ethylene copolymer (B), the total ratio of the constituent unit derived from glycidyl(meth)acrylate (G(M)A) is preferably from 2% to 30% by mass. As a result of this, crosslinking treatment is substantially unnecessary, and practical adhesion and adhesion stability are achieved without heat treatment for crosslinking.

A thickness servo system using optical aberrations is provided. This system includes an objective lens facing a recording layer covered with a transparent layer accompanying thickness irregularity, a laser source for supplying a laser beam to the recording layer through the objective lens and transparent layer, a photodetector for detecting the laser beam reflected by the recording layer through the transparent layer and objective lens, and a thickness irregularity correction section which is placed in a laser beam optical path between the laser source and the recording layer to correct an optical aberration of the objective lens due to the thickness irregularity of the transparent layer. In this servo system, the photodetector detects an aberration amount corresponding to thickness irregularity, and the thickness irregularity correction section operates to minimize the detected aberration amount. The thickness irregularity of the transparent layer can also be calculated from the detected aberration amount.

Electrochemical devices allowing high performances in resistance, thermal stability and conductivity comprising polymeric ionic exchange membranes and ionomers are described.

A mutant prenyl diphosphate synthase having a modified amino acid sequence of prenyl diphosphate synthase, wherein the amino acid residue located at the eighth position in the N-terminal direction from D of the N-terminal of the Asp-rich domain DDXX(XX)D (in the sequence X denotes any amino acid and the two X's in the parentheses may not be present) present in the region II has been substituted by another amino acid, or both of the amino acid residue located at the fifth position in the N-terminal direction from D of the N-terminal and the amino acid residue located at the eighth position in the N-terminal direction from D of the N-terminal have been substituted by other amino acids.

The invention discloses a thin film transistor, a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a display, and aims at solving the problem that the thin film transistor generates leakage current due to a reason that the semiconductor active layer is influenced by illumination. The thin film transistor comprises a source, a drain, a semiconductor active layer, a grid insulating layer and a grid. The thin film transistor further comprises a visor is arranged between the source and the drain. The visor obstructs the source from the drain. Besides, the visor is arranged on the side of the incident light of the semiconductor active layer and is used for obstructing the incident light from irradiating the semiconductor active layer.

A non-aqueous secondary battery includes: a positive-electrode collector layer; a positive-electrode layer formed on one surface of the positive-electrode collector layer; a negative-electrode collector layer; a negative-electrode layer formed on one surface of the negative-electrode collector layer so as to be opposed to the positive-electrode layer; a separator provided between the positive-electrode layer and the negative-electrode layer; and a positive-electrode-side insulating layer and a negative-electrode-side insulating layer respectively formed on another surface of the positive-electrode collector layer and another surface of the negative-electrode collector layer. Circumferential inner surfaces of peripheral edges of the positive-electrode collector layer and the negative-electrode collector layer are joined with a sealing agent including at least a positive-electrode fusion layer, a gas barrier layer, and a negative-electrode fusion layer. The positive-electrode-side insulating layer and / or the negative-electrode-side insulating layer has a battery-side recess provided on a surface.

To provide a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one characteristic such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature thereof, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large negative dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and heat, or a liquid crystal composition having a suitable balance regarding at least two characteristics, and an AM device having a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio and a long service life; a liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having a polymerizable group as a first component, and may contain a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy and a low minimum temperature as a second component or a specific compound having a small viscosity or a large maximum temperature as a third component, and a liquid crystal display device contains the composition.

An optical network has: sections for establishing optical paths; a plurality of optical edge routers for connecting external IP networks to the optical network (1001); and a plurality of optical cross connects, for connecting the optical edge routers by the optical paths, having switching sections with respect to an optical pulse unit. In the optical network, each of the optical edge routers has both of: (1) an optical network control instance (INSp) for maintaining topology information in the optical network and switching / signaling the optical paths; and (2) an IP network instance (INSi) for maintaining a routing table in each of the external IP networks and activating routing protocols between the external IP networks and the IP network instance. By doing this, it is possible to realize a multi-layer cooperative function and provide highly safe optical networks, etc.

A gas bag for a side impact protection device includes at least two inflatable chambers (28, 30) separated from each other in a gas-tight manner. The gas bag (10) is formed from two covering layers (12, 14) lying one over the other, which define an inflatable region and an inflation opening (16) of the gas bag (10), and from a fabric layer (18) arranged between the two covering layers (12, 14). The fabric layer (18) has an outer edge which in the inflatable region of the gas bag (10) is connected only with one of the two covering layers (12, 14) to divide the gas bag (10) into the two chambers (28, 30).

The present invention relates to a fusion protein composed of the extracellular domain of PD-L1 and a modified immunoglobulin Fc region. The extracellular domain of PD-L1 and a fragment thereof have excellent immunomodulatory activity, and can be used as an immunomodulatory agent if a modified immunoglobulin Fc region is coupled thereto. Accordingly, the PD-L1 fusion protein according to the present invention demonstrated its excellent effect in disease models of inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, psoriasis, asthma and arthritis, and thus can be very effectively used for the treatment of such diseases.

The invention provides compounds such as chelating agents useful in chelating metal ions, particularly radionuclides, to provide metal ion complexes. The invention also provides methods of using the compounds and complexes of the invention, such as in therapeutic and diagnostic applications.

Materials having charge-storing properties and made variously of dipyridine-fused benzoquinones of formula (1) below or derivatives thereof, dipyridine-fused benzoquinones of formula (4) below or derivatives thereof, or dipyridine-fused benzoquinone skeleton-containing polymers are provided.In the formulas, Ar1 and Ar2 are each independently a pyridine ring that forms together with two carbon atoms on a benzoquinone skeleton, or a derivative thereof. When used as electrode active materials, these charge storage materials are capable of providing high-performance batteries possessing a high capacity, high rate characteristics and high cycle characteristics.

The present invention provides a PLL circuit that makes a voltage-controlled oscillator converge to a stable state within a short time and generates a clock signal with high stability even when discontinuity occurs in the period of a reference input signal. The PLL circuit of the present invention has a voltage-controlled oscillator for outputting a clock controlled, a first counter reset by the reference input signal having one period longer than a reference period within a predetermined period for outputting a first signal, a second counter for outputting a second signal, a reset pulse generating circuit for resetting the second counter, a loop filter for holding and outputting the control voltage varied by a phase error signal and a discontinuous input detecting part for detecting the reference input signal input initially after its period becomes longer than the reference period.

The present disclosure relates to a thin film transistor substrate with a metal oxide semiconductor layer that has enhanced characteristics and stability. The present disclosure also relates to a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate in which a thermal treatment is conducted for the metal oxide semiconductor layer and the damages to the substrate by the thermal treatment are minimized.

In a process reactor and a method for the electro-dynamic fragmentation of lumpy mineral materials by pulsed high voltage discharges, including a reaction chamber with a funnel-like bottom having a central outlet, an axially movable high-voltage electrode extending from the top into the reaction chamber and having a front end disposed opposite the central outlet where another electrode which is at an electric reference potential is disposed, the outlet converges into a tailback tube below which a transport unit for the controlled removal of the processed fragmented material sinking down through the tailback tube is disposed, a material supply arrangement extends to an opening in the wall of the reaction chamber and a material flow blocking structure is disposed in the reaction in front of the material inlet opening for controlling the material admission to, and the fill level in, the reaction chamber.

The present invention discloses:a resin composition comprising, as essential components, 100 parts by mass of a component (A) which is an epoxy resin, 41 to 80 parts by mass of a component (B) which is thermoplastic resin particles, and 20 to 50 parts by mass (in terms of diaminodiphenylsulfone) of a component (C) which is diaminodiphenylsulfone microencapsulated with a coating agent, in which resin composition the thermoplastic resin particles (B) comprise at least thermoplastic resin particles (B1) having an average particle diameter of 1 to 50 μm and thermoplastic resin particles (B2) having an average particle diameter of 2 to 100 μm at a mass ratio of 3:1 to 1:3 and the average particle diameter ratio D2 / D1 of the average particle diameter D2 of the thermoplastic resin particles (B2) to the average particle diameter D1 of the thermoplastic resin particles (B1) is 2 or more, anda prepreg produced using the resin composition.

Disclosed herein is a cell therapeutic composition for treating ischemic limb diseases, more specifically, disclosed is a cell therapeutic composition for treating ischemic diseases, which contains adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells and sucrose or mannose as an excipient. The composition induces angiogenesis around closed blood vessels in the ischemic limb lesions, and thus is useful to treat ischemic diseases.