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Disclosed herein is a shoe construction for providing increased cushioning effects. The shoe includes a sole, a footbed, and a layer of a plurality of deformable protrusions disposed between at least a portion of the sole and the footbed, particularly in the heel and the forefoot area of the shoe. Each of the protrusions includes a tip facing and freely movable with respect to a lower surface of the footbed. Each of the protrusions also includes a base fixedly attached to the sole so that the base does not move relative to said sole. The protrusions provide cushioning by bending when a foot presses down upon them. An alternate embodiment shows the cushioning sole adapted for use in a sandal.

A barrier coating composition includes a polymer material and a structuring agent dispersed in said polymer material, wherein the structuring agent decreases oxygen or water permeability through the polymer material. The barrier coating composition can be used to coat a core component, which can be oxygen or water sensitive, to form a microencapsulated material. The microencapsulated material can be formed by microencapsulation methods, which include atomization or coacervation methods, including forming an oil emulsion of an oil phase and an aqueous phase, the oil phase including the core component and the aqueous phase including the polymer material, adding the structuring agent to one of the oil phase and the aqueous phase, mixing the oil emulsion to form desired particle sizes of the core component, forming the shell component around the core component to form the microencapsulated material, and extracting the formed microencapsulated material from the oil emulsion.

An electronic apparatus with improved heat dissipation comprises a first body with a first shell and a second shell, a second body, a coupling device and a linkage device. The first shell is pivotally connected to the second shell to form an accommodation space. The first shell can pivot relative to the second shell to enlarge the accommodation space and form an opening between the first shell and the second shell. The coupling device couples the second body and the second shell to pivot the second body relative to the second shell to expose or hide the first shell. The linkage device drives the first shell to pivot relative to the second shell. When the second body pivots relative to the second shell toward a first direction, the linkage device drives the first shell to pivot relative to the second shell toward a second direction opposite to the first direction.

The present invention relates to novel and non-obvious methods and media for preparing fermentation products of Cordyceps sinensis. The present invention also relates to novel and non-obvious compositions comprising fermentation products of Cordyceps sinensis produced by the methods of the invention or obtained from other sources. The present invention also relates to novel and non-obvious methods of treating patients by administering the compositions of the invention. In one embodiment, the Cordyceps sinensis mycelia is Paecilomyces hepiali mycelia. In another embodiment the compositions of the invention are used to treat patients infected with hepatitis C.

The present invention provides a coolant demineralizer for a fuel cell vehicle, which removes ions, released from a pipe, from coolant of a fuel cell stack. In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides a coolant demineralizer suitably configured to reduce the occurrence of differential pressure due to an ion resin layer such that coolant can smoothly flow through a filter member, thereby increasing the effect of filtering ions and improving the efficiency of use of ion resin.

The present invention relates to a microphone with dual effects for enhancing the physical acoustic volume and for acquiring uni-directional acoustic source. The microphone applies the viewfinder theory of the telescope. The sound source at a designated direction is past from the front end of a hollow tube through the tube such that the sound generates resonance and focusing effects when passing through the tube. The microphone provided at the end of the tube is allowed to increase the volume acquired without using a passive amplifying circuit. A high ratio of sound at the designated direction can also be acquired.

In the honeycomb rotor recovery concentration apparatus which collects gas, such as carbon dioxide, from stack gas etc., it collects by the highest possible recovery rate, and condenses to the highest possible concentration, and lessens the amount of energy for recovery concentration as much as possible. Adsorption zone 4, preheating zone 12, low concentration gas purge zone 15, desorption zone 5, high concentration gas purge zone 16, pre-cooling zone 13, and cooling zone 7 are provided to the hand of cut of a rotor. Low concentration gas is prevented from mixing in desorption zone 5, and high concentration gas is prevented from being spilt out from desorption zone 5. Pre-heating zone 12 and pre-cooling zone 13 constitute a circulation circuit, and it raises energy-saving nature by pre-cooling and carrying out preheating heat exchange by gas which circulates through a circuit.

To provide a multimedia contents at a lower price or for free, the present invention provides a multimedia contents service system from which an audience can select at least one multimedia content through communication network comprising: a memory for storing at least one of multimedia contents and advertisement contents; a contents price control unit for decreasing a price or prices of the selected multimedia contents in case the audience allow the advertisement contents to be played together with the selected multimedia contents; and a contents providing unit for retrieving from the memory the selected multimedia contents and/or the advertisement contents and providing the retrieved content(s) to the audience through communication network, wherein the advertisement contents is retrieved in case the audience allows it to be played.

A transcritical vapour compression refrigeration apparatus including: a compressor, a gas cooler, an economiser, an evaporator and a refrigerant; the refrigerant being compressed in the compressor, heat being rejected from the compressed refrigerant at supercritical pressure in the gas cooler, the cooled compressed refrigerant being then expanded in a first stage to first temperature and pressure conditions in the economiser and then expanded in a second stage to second temperature and pressure conditions; a stream of refrigerant from the economiser at said first temperature and pressure conditions then being compressed in a first stream in the compressor, refrigerant at said second temperature and pressure conditions absorbing heat in the evaporator and then being compressed in a separate second stream in the compressor; said first and second compressed streams then being combined before passing to the gas cooler or passing through separate gas coolers before being combined.

A kit for performing removal of a vermiform appendix (20) from a patient comprises an elongated flexible element (140) extending between a proximal end and a distal end, means (150) attached to the distal end of the elongated flexible element for anchoring the distal end to interior walls of a central lumen (26) defined by the appendix when the distal end is disposed within the central Lumen, a tubular element (100) defining a central Lumen adapted for receiving a colonoscope (90), and means for ligating or cutting (168) the appendix at the appendix Base after the appendix is inverted into the cecum (12). A method for performing removal of a vermiform appendix from patient comprises positioning a colonoscope into the cecum of the patient, irrigating the central lumen of the appendix, guiding a distal end of an elongated flexible element into the central lumen of the appendix, wherein the flexible element comprises anchoring means anchoring the distal end to the interior walk of the appendix, providing counterforce against the appendix base, pulling the elongated flexible element toward the cecum, wherein the elongated flexible element draws the appendix into the cecum, and ligating or cutting the appendix.

A method for sharing a channel in a communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving scheduling information including information about a channel time reserved by other user devices, and transmitting data through the reserved channel time if a result of performing scanning in the reserved channel time indicates that no interference occurs, wherein the communication system performs communication using beam signals which are directional. If the signals are highly directional, the channel sharing method enables a plurality of user devices to share a channel, thereby increasing the efficiency of channel use.

A manufacturing method of a microstructure which enables production of a deep and narrow microstructure in a GaN semiconductor with high precision is provided. The manufacturing method of a microstructure for forming a microscopic structure in a semiconductor has a configuration having a first step of forming a first GaN semiconductor layer on a substrate, a second step of forming a first hole by using etching on the first GaN semiconductor layer formed in the first narrow, and a third step of performing heat-treatment at a temperature from 850° C. to 950° C. inclusive under a gas atmosphere including nitrogen, in order to form a second narrow in which a diameter of the first hole h formed in the second step is made narrower than the diameter of the first hole in an in-plane direction of the substrate.

A liquid container includes: a liquid containing chamber that discharges a liquid stored therein by pressurization of a pressure unit; a liquid detection chamber that is connected to the liquid containing chamber, and the volume of which changes according to an inflow amount of the liquid from the liquid containing chamber; a detection unit for detecting a change of the volume of the liquid detection chamber; and a valve mechanism that is disposed between the liquid containing chamber and the liquid detection chamber and that can block an inflow of the liquid from the liquid containing chamber to the liquid detection chamber.

A device for feeding poultry kept in a barn, comprises at least one food supply tube (1) which is held above the floor of the barn such as to be able to be lowered or raised, with a series of branch openings, each provided with a dish device (2) hanging on the supply tube, comprising a dropping tube extending from the branch opening and a feeding dish (4) arranged below, the dropping tube with a spoked arrangement of lattice bars (5) forming the cup of the dish. The dropping tube comprises an inner cylinder (7) leading off from the branch opening and an outer cylinder (8) surrounding the inner cylinder, from which the dish hangs by means of the lattice bars, such as to be placed on the floor of the barn in the lowered state of the food supply tube. The outer cylinder runs on the inner cylinder such as to rotate, be raised or lowered and at least one stop is provided for limiting the raising and lowering stoke. The outer and the inner cylinder each comprise adjacent cylindrical sections (8′, 8, 7′, 7) coaxial to each other, whereby front face regions of the cylinder sections turned to face other are connected to each other by means of bridging bodies (9, 23), which bridge a gap region corresponding to the separation between the cylinder sections.

A folding unit for corrugated cardboard sheets, the folding unit comprising an inlet and an outlet, a pair of parallel and laterally dispiaceable folding beams, a pair of folding rules arranged under respective folding beams, a par of folding rods fixedly positioned outside respective folding rules and at angle to the respective folding rules, a pair of folding belts arranged under and cooperating with a respective pair of folding rules, a means for supplying and folding two outermost panels of the corrugated cardboard sheet from 0°-90° at the inlet of the folding unit and 90°-180° at the outlet of the folding unit, a pair of wheel stands engaged with respective folding belts, a means for adjusting an angle of said wheel stands to ihe associated conveying belt, and a means for fine adjustment of the angular settings of the wheel stands.

A method for generating an air stream for cooling a light source, and a light source module for a light fixture with a blower for cooling the light source and the light source base. To achieve highly effective cooling of a lamp in a light fixture or a projector at least one forced air stream is generated by a blower system which blower system can be placed at a distance from the light source module and can be connected from the blower through a tube to a duct which directs an air stream towards the light source. By using a tube for the connection between the blowing unit and the actual place where air stream is to be used for cooling, it is possible to operate the blower in a place where the suction inlet for air into the blowing unit is a relatively cool place.

The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing ball information in screen golf to display not only the start/stop points of a ball but also the ball's route and the competition state in more detail. The invention comprises a wired/wireless terminal and a competition-results providing server. The wired/wireless terminal prepared in a place that provides a virtual golf course environment detects the coordinates and route of a ball depending on a golfer's shot and indicates the coordinates and the route on a stored map image according to preset conditions so that a golfer may confirm the ball's route and the competition state. In addition, the wired/wireless terminal transmits to the competition results server the competition information recognized during the golf competition with the correspondent golfer's information. The competition results server generates and provides the competition results requested by the golfer based on the competition information transmitted from the wired/wireless terminal. Since the invention indicates the start/stop points of a ball as well as the ball's route and the competition state in more detail, the golfer is able to enjoy a golf competition in a more realistic environment. Therefore, the invention enables the increase of pleasure in the golf competition.

Fungal infections and other disease conditions of the integument can be effectively treated with compositions containing ozonizable oils, plant extract oils and antimicrobials, when used in conjunction with solutions containing sodium chlorite. The compositions are particularly useful for treatment of resistant fungal infections.

The present invention related to the natural drug of Homoharringtonine (HHT) combined with other ingredients which include Matrine (MAT), Apigenin (APN), Yejuhua lactone (YLE), Lipopolysaccharide of Kelp (LIK), Puerarin (PUN) and Indirubin (IND) for diverting human cancer cells to closely normal cells, inducing apoptosis of cancer cells and inhibiting cancer cells. Specifically, this invention provides a new method for producing HHT and other ingredients

The present invention relates to a composition for improving skin condition comprising α-bisabolol as an active ingredient. α-Bisabolol used as an active ingredient has greater skin whitening effect inhibiting melanin synthesis by inhibiting intracellular tyrosinase activities compared to arbutin used as an existing skin whitening agent. In addition, α-bisabolol exhibits the inhibition effect on collagenase activity and promotion effect on collagen biosynthesis at a molecular level, contributing to excellent efficacy in improvement of skin wrinkles. Meanwhile, α-bisabolol indicates the improvement effects on UV-induced skin damage and the skin growth promotion or hair loss prevention. Therefore, α-bisabolol has the excellent improvement effects on skin condition. Furthermore, α-bisabolol has the excellent anti-obesity and anti-oxidation effects. The composition of this invention can be applied to cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food composition having no cytotoxicities and side effects with safety.

A display control apparatus includes a switching unit configured to switch a display mode of a setting screen between a first display mode and a second display mode, the setting screen being arranged to display a plurality of setting items, including a predetermined setting item; and a control unit configured to, in the first display mode, display on the setting screen a first item related to the predetermined setting item and a plurality of items related to a plurality of setting items different from the predetermined setting item, and display a second item, on the setting screen in the case that the first item is selected, the second item representing candidate values which may be set, and in the second display mode, display on the setting screen a third item representing candidate values which may be set, and display a plurality of items related to the plurality of setting items.

The present invention relates to a method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program in which a server offers product information corresponding to an image displayed on a client and the client displays the product information. A method for offering product information by a server to a client includes: generating a database on a plurality of products and extracting feature information on an image included in the database; receiving an image displayed on the client as a query image from the client; determining a matching product matched to feature information on the query image by retrieving feature information on the image in the database; and offering information on the matching product to the client. According to the present invention, the server may retrieve a database of product information only with an image displayed on the client and may offer product information to the client.

Provided are capacitive strain sensors. In certain embodiments, the capacitive strain sensor can continuously and accurately measure strain in corrosive ambient conditions and may operate up to 370° C. or more in air. The sensor includes a differential capacitor that includes a bending beam structure. In some instances, the sensor is configured to increase the effect of strain in a substrate along a sensing axis while attenuating the effect of cross-axis strain. Also provided are methods of making the capacitive strain sensors, e.g., using Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) fabrication techniques, and methods of using the capacitive strain sensors.

A nonaqueous electrolytic solution and a lithium battery employing the same include a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a halogenated benzene compound. The use of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution causes formation of a polymer by oxidative decomposition of the electrolytic solution even if a sharp voltage increase occurs due to overcharging of the battery, leading to consumption of an overcharge current, thus protecting the battery.

A liner (18) installed in a transition region (16) between a combustion section (12) of a gas turbine engine (10) and an air discharge section (14) of the turbine. The liner has an air inlet (26) for admitting air into the liner, and an air outlet (28) by which air is discharged from the liner. Flow of air through the liner acts to cool air flowing through the transition region of the turbine between the combustion and air discharge sections thereof, so to lower the temperature from between 2800-3000° F. to around 1400-1550° F. The liner has at least one channel (C1, C2) formed in it for flow of air through the liner. The height of this channel uniformly decreases along the length of the channel from the liner's air inlet to its air outlet. This liner construction reduces the thermal strain occurring at the aft end of the liner, prolonging the useful life of the liner, while reducing the amount of air needed to flow through the liner to affect a desired level of cooling in the transition region.

A semiconductor device and a method for testing the same are disclosed, relating to a technology for simultaneously screening an off-leakage-current fail caused by a passing gate effect and a neighbor gate effect. The semiconductor device includes a memory cell configured to read and write data; a sense amplifier configured to sense and amplify cell data received from the memory cell through a pair of bit lines; a bit line precharge unit configured to equalize the pair of bit lines to a level of a ground voltage in response to a bit line equalization signal; a precharge voltage generator configured to provide the ground voltage to the bit line precharge unit during a test mode; and a test controller configured to, during the test mode, maintain an activation state of the bit line equalization signal during a test mode period, and control the sense amplifier to be deactivated.

A dispensing apparatus for dispensing fluid is disclosed. A fluid contained in a canister is pressurized by a moveable partition driven by spring means mounted within the canister. The canister is mated to an injection nozzle to allow fluid flow from the canister though the nozzle and possibly into a body to be provided with fluid. A preferred embodiment of the dispensing apparatus is for dispensing fluid or treatment chemicals into trees and plants.

The present invention relates to an ursodeoxycholic acid-synthetic hydrotalcite-Eudragit hybrid, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same and a method for preparing the same. The ursodeoxycholic acid-synthetic hydrotalcite-Eudragit hybrid according to the present invention is very useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition because of its bitter-taste-blocking effect and improved body absorption rate with high solubility.

A support collar plate for vibration-free holding of workpiece, i.e., pilgrim mandrel, clamped at both ends and to be processed between its ends by means of a grinding wheel, comprised of a base, arranged fixed in place in respect to the workpiece, and a clamp, which extends around the workpiece on at least two oppositely located sides. The workpiece can be clamped by a clamping force, wherein the clamp extends around the workpiece so that it is possible to perform processing in the area of the clamp on the side facing the grinding wheel, and wherein the clamp is floatingly seated in at least one direction perpendicularly in respect to a longitudinal axis of the workpiece, so that the clamp is self-centering in respect to the workpiece. By means of the floatingly seated clamp, the workpiece is maintained independent of exterior forces which change the spatial position of the workpiece.

The present invention relates to a refinement of a delivery apparatus of a paint gun, particularly to synchronic lock percussion and paintball switch apparatus. An air chamber controller is coordinated with a paintball switcher, wherein the paintball switcher is disposed in the percussion chamber of a paint gun. The air chamber controller can drive the paintball switcher as well as a rapid air release device to achieve the object of delivery, reload and rapid air release at the same time by means of simply actuating the percussion device, so as to obtain high accuracy and high delivery rate. The structure of the present apparatus is not only simple and paintball jam avoidable, but also further increasing both the delivery rate and the pressure recovery effect.