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A wiring board for light-emitting element, comprising a ceramic insulating substrate, and a conductor layer formed on the surface or in the inside of the insulating substrate, and having a mounting region mounting a light-emitting element on one surface of the insulating substrate; wherein the insulating substrate is provided with a heat-conducting pole-like conductor having a thermal conductivity higher than that of said insulating substrate; and the heat-conducting pole-like conductor is extending through the insulating substrate in the direction of thickness thereof from the light-emitting element mounting region of the insulating substrate, and is formed by the co-firing with the insulating substrate. The wiring board is produced inexpensively by co-firing, features excellent heat-radiating performance, is capable of quickly radiating the heat from the light-emitting element when the light-emitting element is mounted, and effectively prevents a decrease in the brightness of the light-emitting element caused by the heat.

A control system and method are provided for a station to dispense fuel to a vehicle, including an electric vehicle, without requiring dedicated access to a communications network, with the advantage that authorization for fleet vehicles or individuals can be obtained from an access management system, using a portable, wireless device, such as a smart phone or a dashboard appliance. The authorization is wirelessly relayed to the station by the wireless device, to enable the dispensing of fuel. Subsequently, a log comprising the transaction is provided to the access management system, through the same or a different wireless, mobile computing device. The log may also report status and other events, such as load shedding.

A device for delivery of a stent for a vessel, used for implanting a stent for the vessel 3 in the vessel, is disclosed. The device for delivery of a stent for the vessel includes a catheter (1) for insertion into the vessel of a living body, a balloon (2) mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the distal end side of the catheter and inflatable with a fluid supplied to the catheter, a stent for the vessel (3), formed of a biodegradable polymer to a tube form, mounted on the balloon in a diameter-contracted state and having self-expanding properties, and a stent holding member (21) formed of a polymer material to a tube form for covering at least a portion of the stent for the vessel from the catheter for holding the stent for the vessel on the balloon. The stent holding member has been drawn in the longitudinal direction. In the distal end of the stent holding member, located towards the distal end of the catheter, there is formed a tearing assisting portion (22). The stent holding member is torn along the tearing assisting portion, by expansion of the stent for the vessel attendant on inflation of the balloon, to release its holding of the stent for the vessel to enable expansion of the stent for the vessel (3).

A stacked microelectronic assembly includes a dielectric element and a first and second microelectronic element stacked one atop the other with the first microelectronic element disposed between the second microelectronic element and the dielectric. The dielectric element has opposed first and second surfaces with conductive features exposed at the first surface and terminals exposed on the second surface. Preferably, the contact-bearing face of the first microelectronic element confronts the first surface of the dielectric with at least some of the conductive features being movable with respect to the contacts or terminals. By providing such movable features, joining units have heights of about 300 microns or less may be joined to the terminals thereby reducing the overall height of the microelectronic assembly to 1.2 mm and less.

Oral treatment devices include a barrier layer and an oral treatment composition, and optionally an auxiliary adhesive composition, that acts as an endoskeleton so as to at least partially contribute to maintaining the barrier layer in the shape of a dental tray, or in a tray-like configuration, prior to use. The barrier layer protects the oral treatment and/or adhesive composition from saliva or moisture during use. The treatment and/or auxiliary adhesive compositions can have a consistency ranging from a sticky, viscous gel or a solid. They preferably include a tissue adhesion agent comprising a hydrophilic polymer.

A memory system includes a memory having memory banks each having a redundant region for repairing a defect. When a plurality of defects occur in one of the memory banks, at least one of the defects is repaired by using the redundant region of the memory bank with the defects and at least one other of the defects is repaired by using the redundant region of another of the memory banks.

Disclosed herein is a thin film transistor including: a semiconductor layer including an amorphous oxide, and a source electrode and a drain electrode which are provided in contact with the semiconductor layer. The source electrode and the drain electrode are formed by use of iridium or iridium oxide.

Dynamic discovery of active peer applications and information related thereof in a network is described. In one embodiment of the present invention, the discovery and information related to peer applications is maintained by a plurality of network device peers. This information is supplemented by device or peer application failure information, which is identified through point-to-point communication initiated by a failure to receive a multicast packet from a particular network peer application.

A communication apparatus has a plurality of interfaces serving a plurality of networks. The communication apparatus selects an interface according to electric wave reception intensity to reduce power consumption and contribute to the maintenance of reliability in communication. The communication apparatus (communication terminal apparatus, the other party's communication terminal apparatus) is used for communication in such a way that the communication apparatuses are connected to the plurality of networks wirelessly to carry out communication through each network. The communication apparatus has the plurality of interfaces (cellular interface CI, WLAN interface WI) responding to the networks. The communication apparatus also has controlling unit (power supply controlling unit) that connects any one of the interfaces to the power supply to actuate the connected interface, and that connects an interface on rest to the power supply in response to a communication state of an interface on communication to change communication connection from the interface on communication to the other interface on rest. The communication apparatus changes the interfaces while maintaining communication with the other party's communication apparatus.

A software-integrated disposable kit contains a series of sterile packages which hold instrumented surgical tools, surgical accessories, user input computer controlling peripherals (e.g. mouse, keyboard), markers, and a one time use digital medium. When image guided surgery is to be performed, the digital medium is inserted into the computer and the user interface is displayed. The digital medium stores a portion of the software which, in combination with software on the computer, provides all of the software necessary for full user functionality (e.g. display diagnostic image information, tracking surgical instruments, superimposition of surgical tools). At the end of a surgical procedure, the digital medium is deactivated or encrypted and the used surgical tools are then disposed of without reuse. The system allows the user to save relevant information obtained from the surgery (e.g. images, notes) on the digital medium which is encrypted against reuse and archived.

Novel solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) article and method of manufacture with improved properties at lower costs. The structural features and methods involve fabricating an anode (i.e., fuel electrode); applying a cermet electrolyte, which includes a mixture of ceramic and electrochemically active substances, and applying a cathodic layer. The cermet electrolyte containing a small amount of transition metal reduces the thermal expansion mismatch with the anode, and allows for a graded structure of the electrochemically active substances across the anode/electrolyte structure. Under operating conditions, a dense electrolyte and metal oxide sub-layer exist on the oxidized side (cathode side); while the other side of the electrolyte (reducing side) is made of a porous sub-layer containing transition metal. The tailoring of the amounts of metal present in the anode and the cermet electrolyte allows for greater power output and enhanced electrochemical performance, while maintaining the structural integrity and reliability of the SOFC.

A method for handling dynamic state information used for handling data packets, which arrive at a network element node of a network element cluster, said network element cluster having at least two nodes and each node handling separate sets of data packets. In a node there is maintained 206 a first, node-specific data structure comprising entries representing state information needed for handling sets of data packets handled in said node. In said node there is also maintained 208 a second, common data structure comprising at least entries representing state information needed for handling sets of data packets handled in one other node of said network element cluster. The contents of said common data structure effectively differs from the contents of said node-specific data structure. Data packets are distributed 202, 204 to nodes of the cluster by means of distribution identifiers allocated 200 to nodes. Advantageously, information related to the distribution identifiers is included 212 in the entries of the data structures in order to identify to which node a set of data packets represented by a given entry belongs to at a given moment.

There is provided a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor chip having a penetrating electrode penetrating through from a first main surface of the semiconductor chip to a second main surface on the opposite side thereof, a photoreceptor portion formed on the first main surface, and a first wire at a periphery of the photoreceptor portion; a light transmitting chip adhered to the first main surface at the periphery of the light transmitting chip, with a bonding layer interposed between the light transmitting chip and the first main surface, the light transmitting chip covering the light transmitting chip; and a light blocking resin layer formed only on the side surfaces of the light transmitting chip and the bonding layer.

While one of ventilation fans operates, the other ventilation fan is at rest. Air flows from the operating ventilation fan to the ventilation fan at rest. The airflow passes through an air passage defined in a heat radiating member located between the ventilation fans. Dust cumulates at the entrance of the air passage. The other ventilation fan is then driven to operate while the operating ventilation fan is brought to rest. Airflow is generated in the reverse direction. The airflow is inverted within the air passage. The inverted airflow serves to remove the dust from the entrance of the air passage. The cumulation of the dust can thus reliably be avoided. Accordingly, no dust filter is required in the path of airflow outside the air passage. Airflow of a sufficient amount can always be maintained in the air passage.

It is an object of the present invention to prevent a wire part including a stabilizer hook, a strut or the pulling-back member from separating from a connection part even when a force in a tensile direction is applied to a stent.

A stent 1 having a connection part in which wire parts including a stent main wire 2, a strut 4 and a stabilizer hook 5 are connected to each other through a junction pipe 7, wherein a locking part which is locked to the junction pipe 7 is formed on the wire part which is inserted into the junction pipe 7.

A motor pump aggregate M has a housing 1 defining an oil reservoir with first and second chambers R1, R2. An electromotor 2 is driving via its motor shaft W at least one radial piston pump arrangement P1 provided within said first chamber R2. Both chambers R1, R2 are separated by a separation wall 7. A filling and pressure biasing system V is provided for said first chamber R1 in order to adjust within said first chamber R1 a predetermined oil filling level and a pre-selected oil pressure pre-biasing for said radial piston pump arrangement P1.

A filing system controls block-level storage and selects a required level of performance and reliability for a file stored on a storage system on a file-by-file basis. A policy manager contains at least one rule relating to a RAID level of protection for a file stored on the storage system and the RAID level of protection is selected from a plurality of RAID levels of protection. At least one rule is based on an access pattern of files stored on storage systems. An access manager provides the policy manager with information relating to access patterns of files stored on the storage system. At least two files can be stored on the storage system having different RAID levels of protection, and at least two files can be stored on a same storage unit of the storage system can have different RAID levels of protection.

An optical element (1) for reflecting and/or redirecting light rays (L1) entering therein and again emerging therefrom consists of a transparent base body (2) which is so structured and/or formed that, with the formation of reflection surfaces (8) bounding the base body (2), at least a part of the light rays (L1) impinging upon the reflection surfaces (8) upon emergence from the transparent base body (2) are totally reflected, and at least one cover body (9) arranged behind the reflection surfaces (8). The reflection surfaces (8), and the surfaces of the cover body or bodies (9) towards the reflection surfaces, are adapted to one another such that between them there remains a thin gap (10) or only point contacts exist.

The purpose of this invention is to increase reliability of a switching element while reducing consumption power. In the vertical blanking period, an end pulse signal (ED) changes from the low level to the high level. The potential of first nodes (N1) in the first stage to (m−1)th stage of cascade-connected m-stage bistable circuits included in a shift register of the scanning signal drive circuit is reliably maintained at the low level, and the potential of second nodes (N2) in the first stage to the (m−1)th stage changes from the high level to the low level. In a bistable circuit in the m-th stage, the potential of the first node (N1) in the m-th stage changes from the high level to the low level, and the potential of the second node (N2) in the m-th stage is maintained at the low level. The supply to a bistable circuit of clock signals (CKA, CKB) is stopped. Until a write period in the subsequent vertical scanning period, the potential of the first node (N1) and the potential of the second node (N2) in each stage are maintained at the low level.

A gate driving circuit having improved driving capability and maintaining reliability even after a prolonged period of use includes a shift register having a plurality of stages cascaded to one another, each of the plurality of stages including a pull-up unit, a pull-down unit, a discharging unit, and a holding unit, wherein at least one of the discharging unit and the holding unit includes an amorphous silicon thin film transistor and a polysilicon thin film transistor connected in parallel to each other.

An IPS-method liquid crystal display device which exhibits small directivity of a viewing angle and high brightness is realized. A planar common electrode is arranged below a pixel electrode which includes comb-teeth-shaped electrodes and slits. When a video signal is applied to the pixel electrode, an electric field is generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode by way of slit portions formed in the pixel electrode thus controlling liquid crystal molecules. To reduce the occurrence of a phenomenon that an abnormal domain is generated in an end portion of the slit and the abnormal domain lowers transmissivity of liquid crystal, the structure in which the slits having both ends thereof closed and the slits having one-side end portion thereof opened are alternately arranged next to each other in parallel is adopted.