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A nonvolatile storage device according to the invention is a nonvolatile storage device into which data is inputted from an external device on a sector unit, and includes: a main memory which is nonvolatile and in which data is written on a page unit, the page unit being larger than the sector unit; an auxiliary memory which holds at least a single page worth of the input data; a memory judging unit that judges whether or not data held in the auxiliary memory is equal to or larger than data of the page unit; and a memory control unit that writes, in a new page of the main memory on the page unit, the data held in the auxiliary memory when the memory judgment unit judges that the data held in the auxiliary memory is equal to or larger than data of the page unit.

The present invention is mainly for providing a flake copper powder for a conductive paste with particle properties which are defined by that the particle thickness is thinner being possible for use to form an electrode or a circuit, and a production process thereof. To achieve the object of producing the following particles, each powder particles shape is plastically processed into a flake-shape, wherein the flake copper powder has a cumulative particle diameter D₅₀ of 10 μm or smaller measured with laser diffraction scattering particle size distribution method. The D₁₀, D₅₀ and D₉₀ measured with the laser diffraction scattering particle size distribution method are illustrative and the SD/D₅₀ value measured by the standard deviation of particle distribution with the laser diffraction scattering particle size distribution, is 0.55 or larger and/or a D₉₀/D₁₀ of 4.5 or smaller. The flake copper powder is compressed with a high energy ball mill whose media beads having fine particle diameter which plastically deforms the copper particles into flake-shaped particles, so that stable flake copper powder is produced.

An image-forming apparatus includes: a supply section that supplies image data; an image-forming section that forms on a continuous sheet a toner image according to the image data; a conveyor section that conveys the continuous sheet; and a control section that controls operations of the conveyor section and the image-forming section. If a first toner image according to first image data and a second toner image according to second image data are formed on the continuous sheet, the control section controls conveyance of the continuous sheet so as not to be halted until the second toner image is formed if the second image data is supplied before a predetermined time period elapses from when the first toner image is formed, or so as to be stopped if the second image data is not supplied before the predetermined time period elapses from when the first toner image is formed.

The time taken to write a signal to a pixel is shortened in a display device. Further, a signal is written at high speed even when high voltage is applied. The display device includes a pixel including a transistor and a liquid crystal element electrically connected to a source or a drain of the transistor. The transistor includes an intrinsic or substantially intrinsic oxide semiconductor as a semiconductor material and has an off-state current of 1×10⁻¹⁷ A/μm or less. The pixel does not include a capacitor. Since it is not necessary to provide a capacitor, the time taken to write a signal can be shortened.

A method for operating an exhaust gas treatment system that includes an SCR catalytic converter is provided. Either a model-based filling level regulation for achieving the target filling level or a model-based efficiency control for achieving the target efficiency is performed according to presettable values for certain operating variables such as a temperature of the exhaust gas or of the SCR catalytic converter.

A braking device for an electric motor of a power tool has a short circuit switch for short circuiting an armature winding of the electric motor during a braking process, the short circuit switch for controlling its switch condition having a control input, a control unit connected with the control input of the short circuit switch for performing a phase control of the short circuit switching during the braking process in order to avoid brush fire; also an electrical device with such a braking device and a braking method are proposed as well.

A magnetic detection device of the present invention includes at least one pair of first magnetosensitive bodies each comprising a soft magnetic material extending in a first axis direction and being sensitive to an external magnetic field oriented in the first axis direction; and a magnetic field direction changer comprising a soft magnetic material and changing an external magnetic field oriented in a different axis direction from the first axis direction into a measurement magnetic field having a component in the first axis direction which can be detected by the at least one pair of first magnetosensitive bodies. With this magnetic detection device, the external magnetic field oriented in the different axis direction can be detected by way of the first magnetosensitive bodies. As a result, while attaining magnetic detection with high accuracy, the magnetic detection device can be reduced in size or thickness by omitting a magnetosensitive body extending long in the different axis direction.

The invention concerns a method and apparatus for audio program playback during fast forward playback video trick modes. A storage medium reader can be configured to read coded digital data from a storage medium such as a DVD. The coded digital data can be a video presentation having correspondingly formatted video and audio frames. An audio processor can insert silence frames in a selected block of the audio frames and portions of the audio frames can be deleted to compensate for video trick mode playback. Resulting audio frames can be concatenated to create 1× audio for various video trick modes playback.

A method and a device are provided for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery. Transient characteristics are generated that represent a correlation between the remaining capacity and a closed circuit voltage, the correlation transitioning from one of a charging-side and a discharging-side characteristic to the other when the charging/discharging of the battery has been switched, on the basis of map data of a charging-side characteristic that is only conducted from a fully-discharged to a fully-charged state and a discharging-side characteristic that is only conducted from the fully-charged to the fully-discharged state, the characteristics representing a correlation between the remaining capacity and the Closed Circuit Voltage of the battery. When charging and discharging of the battery have been switched, the remaining capacity of the battery is estimated from the Closed Circuit Voltage of the battery by using the transient characteristics until polarization of the battery enters a saturated state.

A moving device in a pipeline, including: more than three segments, including a front segment, arranged in series; an extendable interconnecting element to connect adjacent segments; and an engaging force changing component to change engaging force of a segment that is to be moved with the inside of the pipeline to a smaller force, smaller than the engaging force of a remaining segment with the inside of the pipeline. The front segment has a head part, a body part, a joint part to turn the head part centering around the body part, and a drive unit to move the head part around the body part. The drive unit have a magnet provided in the head part and an electromagnet provided in the body part.

A method and apparatus to conduct 0₂/CO₂ combustion or oxygen-enriched combustion. The boiler exhaust gas passes through a Gas Primer Sector (GPS) combined with the boiler to effect heat transfer to the combustion gas in indirect counter-flow heat exchange. Sharply reduced gas flows result from using largely moisture-free CO₂ as diluent for O₂ in the combustion gas which allows long residence time at low velocity for maximum heat transfer from the exhaust gas to the combustion gas. Most particulate drops out and most moisture is condensed from the cooled mostly CO₂ exhaust gas. The larger portion is blended with oxygen for the combustion gas and reheated and returned to the boiler through the integrated GPS; the smaller portion is cleaned and separated, the CO₂ released or recovered. The complete exhaust gas-combustion gas cycle may be 30 to 90 seconds and preferably about 60 seconds. The high heat capacity of CO₂ allows a much higher oxygen content in the combustion gas compared to open-cycle air combustion with a large nitrogen content of lower heat capacity. Efficiency is increased. Final exhaust gas separation and recovery is simplified. Condensate is processed to boiler feedwater or potable water quality. NO_x, is eliminated, mercury fume captured and CO₂ output reduced.

[Problems] A derivative of a nucleic acid antimetabolite is demanded which can show a high therapeutic effect at a low dose.

[Means For Solving Problems] Disclosed is a high molecular weight derivative of a nucleic acid antimetabolite, which is characterized by comprising a high molecular weight compound comprising a polyethylene glycol moiety and a polymer moiety having a carboxyl group in a side chain and a nucleoside derivative which can act as a nucleic acid antimetabolite, wherein the carboxyl group in the side chain is bound to a hydroxyl group in the nucleoside derivative via an ester bond. Also disclosed is a method for producing the high molecular weight derivative.

A subsea compression system and method wherein a wellstream fluid is flowed through a flow line (12) from a reservoir (10) and into a separation vessel (16) for subsequent compression in a compressor (18; 18′, 18″) prior to export of gas. A recycle line (24; 24′, 24″) is fluidly connected at a first end to the compressed wellstream at the outlet side of the compressor (18; 18′, 18″) and at a second end to the wellstream at a location between the separation vessel (16) and the inlet side of the compressor (18; 18′, 18″), the recycle line being capable of controllably (32) feeding fluid due to surge back to the compressor inlet side and avoiding the need to feed the fluid into the separation vessel, because the re-circulated gas is dry both due to having been separated at seawater temperature, and then being heated during recirculation.

A power supply apparatus is provided which includes: a fuel cell; a power storage device which stores electric power; a connection terminal for connecting a load; a charge-used voltage converter which converts the output voltage of the fuel cell into a charging voltage for charging the power storage device and charges the power storage device; and an output-used voltage converter which converts the output voltage of the power storage device into a predetermined set output voltage and outputs it to the connection terminal.

A diaphragm pump comprising a pressure chamber arranged such that the volume of the pressure chamber is expanded and contracted by oscillation of a diaphragm (5), a suction-side check valve (7) for sucking air into the pressure chamber and a discharge-side check valve (8) for discharging air from the pressure chamber. The suction-side check valve is arranged to close by a valve body (17) being elastically deformed and brought into close contact with a valve seat, and open by the valve body elastically returning to the normal shape and coming out of contact with the valve seat. The discharge-side check valve is arranged to open by a valve body (18) being elastically deformed and producing a space relative to a valve seat, and close by the valve body elastically returning to the normal shape and coming into close contact with the valve seat.

A wireless communication terminal and a communication system selection method are capable of selecting a communication system having high battery usage efficiency by keeping battery remaining time long and satisfying throughput required by the application depending on scenes. The wireless communication terminal 100 capable of selecting plural communication systems comprises an application information acquisition unit 170 for acquiring a type of used application;

• an evaluation amount calculation unit 166 for changing a communication system selection criterion in response to the type of application thus acquired and calculating an evaluation amount with respect to time adding predetermined time to communication system switching time; and a system selection unit 167 for comparing the evaluation amounts thus calculated and selecting any one of communication systems. Therefore, it is possible to select/switch to the communication system having high battery usage efficiency among plural systems in response to a real-time requirement of the application.

The invention pertains to the technical field of a Li-ion battery, in particular to a method of replenishing lithium for the negative plate of a Li-ion battery. Under inert atmosphere, organic lithium solution is sprayed or dripped on the negative plate surface so that lithium-ion in the organic lithium solution is reduced to lithium metal which is embedded in the negative plate, and then the negative plate is dried. Compared with the prior art, in the invention, the organic lithium solution is uniformly sprayed or dripped on the negative plate surface for realization of lithium replenishment by way of a wet process, thus effectively avoiding floating of lithium metal powder in the air during lithium replenishment by way of a dry process, which not only guarantees production safety, but also is characterized by simple process and lower cost.

A semantic network storage unit stores multiple nodes necessary for performing a task of generating a response sentence to user's speech while associating the nodes with each other. A natural language processor acquires speech information indicating content of the user's speech and identifies a primary node corresponding to the speech information from multiple nodes. A conversation generation unit selects one secondary node from multiple secondary nodes associated with the identified primary node, based on weight values each related to one of the multiple secondary nodes and generates a response sentence corresponding to the selected one secondary node.

A time and an amount of data for setting information which is necessary to execute an exclusion process which is necessary when data is stored in a cluster system are reduced. A storage system included in the cluster system includes a plurality of volumes, and a plurality of virtual servers utilizing at least one or more volumes of the plurality of volumes for a data processing, each of the plurality of virtual servers can access all the plurality of volumes, and the volume utilized by the plurality of virtual servers to process data corresponds to the virtual servers.

Deterministic finite automaton (DFA) minimization includes representing a DFA as a data structure including a plurality of states, incoming transitions for each state, and outgoing transitions for each state. A state of the plurality of states is selected as a selected state. The incoming transitions are analyzed for the selected state. A computer determines whether source states of the incoming transitions for the selected state include a pair of equivalent states. The pair of equivalent states is merged based on determining that two of the source states of the incoming transitions for the selected state form the pair of equivalent states.

A manufacturing method of a stainless steel faucet includes the following steps of manufacturing outer contours of a valve body of the stainless steel faucet, manufacturing a stainless steel handle, manufacturing a hot-water inlet pipe, a cool-water inlet pipe and a mixed water pipe, manufacturing a water-resisting layer, manufacturing a water inflow fixed layer, conducting argon arc welding assembly and integration of the valve body, and conducting polishing treatment. Compared with the prior art, the manufacturing method of the stainless steel faucet effectively avoids phenomena such as sand holes, bubbles and the like caused by pouring of a traditional method due to the fact that ready-made stainless steel pipes and stainless steel panels are used for manufacturing the stainless steel faucet through hydraulic forming, punching of a punch and argon arc welding connection. In addition, the surface of the ready-made stainless steel pipes and stainless steel panels is easy to process, not prone to being oxidized and free from leading to secondary pollution to drinking water and a phenomenon of excessive heavy metal. In addition, the duration time of the brightness of the stainless steel pipes is longer than that of other materials and the service life of the stainless steel pipes is longer than that of other materials.

An image reading apparatus includes a light source for irradiating an original; a photoelectric converter for converting light reflected from the original to an analog signal; an A/D converter for converting the analog signal corresponding to each pixel from the photoelectric converter to the digital signal; and an adjusting device connected between the photoelectric converter and the A/D converter for performing an offset processing and a gain processing of the analog signal from the photoelectric converter. A memory stores a relational formula representing a correlation between an offset value for the offset processing and a gain value for the gain processing. An offset value calculating device obtains an offset value corresponding to a gain value used in the gain processing of the analog signal by using the gain value and the relational formula stored in the memory.

The invention provides a lighting unit (1000) comprising a lighting device (100), wherein the lighting device (100) comprises a light source (10) configured to provide light source light (11) and beam shaping optics (20) configured to shape the light source light into a lighting device beam (101), wherein the lighting device (100) comprises a window (30) comprising an upstream face (31) directed to the light source (10) and a downstream face (32), wherein the lighting unit (1000) further comprises a beam modifier (200) configured adjacent to the window (30) and configured to intercept at least part of said lighting device beam (101), wherein the lighting device (100) and the beam modifier (200) are configured to modify said lighting device beam (101) to provide a lighting unit beam (1001) downstream from said beam modifier (200), wherein the beam modifier (200) comprises a printed beam modifying element (210).

A reusable period of a battery can be maintained for a long time by recharging while avoiding abnormal heating of the battery due to over discharge. A battery protection circuit comprises a control part that cuts off a discharge switch which is a discharge path to a load for a battery when a voltage value of the battery is equal to or less than a first threshold value, or when the voltage value of the battery is less than the first threshold value, wherein the control part cuts off a power switch as a power supply path to the control part itself when the voltage value of the battery is equal to or less than a second threshold value, or when the voltage value of the battery is less than the second threshold value which is lower than the first threshold value.

A steam generating device includes a flat casing and a heating device is received in the casing. The heating device includes flanges which are engaged with grooves in the casing so as to define a lower space and an upper space between the heating device and the inner periphery of the casing. A seal is clamped between the heating device and casing to prevent foreign objects entering the casing. The heating device includes a chamber which is in communication with a hole defined in the bottom of the casing. Water is introduced into the lower space and steamized by the heating device, the steam enters into the upper space via passages and enters into the camber and blasts out from the hole of the casing. The steam travels a long path in the casing and is heated sufficiently so as to increase the efficiency for generating the steam.

A multi-function device may be connected with a color printer capable of printing in a communicable manner. The multi-function device may be configured to store identification information of the color printer, to color-scan an object to be scanned, to monochrome-print based on first image data representing an scanned object, to allow a user to input an instruction, and to send second image data representing a color-scanned object with the identification information of the color printer as a destination if a predetermined instruction is input.

Methods and systems for generating a business policy, include receiving a query in a structured query language to generate a business policy, and optimizing the business policy using a structured query language program.

A method for estimating a property of a subsurface material includes conveying a carrier through a borehole penetrating the subsurface material and performing an NMR measurement in a volume of interest in the subsurface material using an NMR tool having an antenna disposed at the carrier. The method further includes receiving with the antenna a short build-up signal due to a short magnetization build-up time of the NMR measurement, an echo-train signal with short polarization time due to the NMR measurement, and an echo-train signal with long polarization time due to the NMR measurement. The method further includes inverting, simultaneously, the short build-up signal, the short-polarization-time echo-train signal, and the long-polarization-time echo-train signal using a processor to estimate the property; and transmitting a signal comprising the property to a signal receiving device.

Electron spectroscopy methods and apparatus are disclosed. A beam of primary electrons is applied to a measurement location on a surface of a sample. A pinning flux of electrons is applied to one or more pinning regions proximate the measurement location. The pinning flux is characterized by a location, size, shape, and electron flux configured such that contaminants preferentially migrate to the pinning region rather than the measurement location. Emissions from the surface resulting from interaction with the primary electrons and the surface of the sample at the measurement location are analyzed.

A card connector has an insulating housing defining a top, a bottom opposite to the top. An ejection mechanism is disposed at one side of the insulating housing. The ejection mechanism includes a slider, an elastic element and a cam lever. Two opposite ends of the cam lever respectively have a first hook portion for being fixed in a receiving hole defined at the top of the insulating housing and a second hook portion for being movably arranged in the slider and different in length with the first hook portion. The bottom of the insulating housing defines an observation slot communicating with the receiving hole at a portion corresponding to the receiving hole. The height of the receiving hole is shorter than the length of one of the first and second hook portions and not shorter than the other of the first and second hook portions.