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High octane fuel and low octane fuel are supplied into the combustion chamber of an engine from high-octane fuel tank and low octane fuel tank via a high octane fuel injector and a low octane fuel injector. During a knocking control, if the quantity of high and low octane fuels in the respective tanks has been unbalanced, the supply ratio between high octane fuel and low octane fuel is changed 1 to control a knocking occurring in the engine without changing the ignition timing.

High octane fuel and low octane fuel are supplied into the combustion chamber of an engine from high-octane fuel tank and low octane fuel tank via a high octane fuel injector and a low octane fuel injector. During a knocking control, if the quantity of high and low octane fuels in the respective tanks has been unbalanced, the supply ratio between high octane fuel and low octane fuel is changed l to control a knocking occurring in the engine without changing the ignition timing.

This invention comprises an improved electroporation electrode system comprising a single needle and a ring or donut shaped electrode wherein the difference in surface area of the electrodes provide for a substantial reduction of current density near the surface of the treated tissue and a more concentrated current density sufficient for electroporation only in tissues adjacent to the terminal portion of the single needle electrode. Thus, this invention provides for targeting specific tissue for electroporation and also should provide for lessening the sensation of electric current in the treated tissue.

There is provided an imaging unit: including an image sensor with a number of pixels arranged in a matrix, the pixels having color pixels where color filters are disposed, and white pixels where the color filters are not disposed; a sampling circuit section for sampling pixel signals generated in the image sensor; and a main controller for controlling the image sensor and / or the sampling circuit section to sample the pixel signals generated in the white pixels or the pixel signals generated in the color pixels sequentially in a time-series manner.

To provide a phosphor mixture realizing a light emitting device having a phosphor and a light emission element, by which light emission is performed, with a small color shift due to a feeding current and having an excellent color rendering properties. CaAlSin3:Eu as a red phosphor and YAG:Ce as a yellow phosphor are manufactured, and emission spectra thereof are obtained. Meanwhile, the emission spectrum of an excitation light emitted by a light emitting part is obtained. From the emission spectra thus obtained, a relative mixing ratio of each phosphor is obtained by simulation, so that a correlated color temperature of the light emitting device becomes a target temperature. Then, based on the relative mixing ratio thus obtained, each phosphor is measured and mixed, and a phosphor mixture is thereby obtained.

An angioplasty balloon having an elastic constraining structure that partially expands with the balloon so that, at maximum balloon inflation, the constraining structure forms a pattern of channels or “pillows” on the balloon.

A method for operating a mobile node, wherein the node (1) has such a dual functionality that it can be operated in a mobile radio network (2) working with optimized area coverage, preferably a 3GPP network, as well as in a wireless local area network (WLAN) (3), preferably a WLAN according to IEEE 802.11 standard, and wherein the node (1) can change in the context of a vertical handover from one network (2;3) to another network (3;2) is with regard to a possibly smooth handover where the loss of packets is minimized as far as possible, and where the continuity of services maximize characterized in that that two thresholds (4, 5) are defined for the WLAN signal strength received at the node (1), wherein in case of exceeding the first threshold (4) a change to the WLAN (3) and in case of falling below the second threshold (5) a change back to the mobile radio (2) network is performed.

Ultrasound induced by RF irradiation within FDA exposure limits is produced with sufficient signal-to-noise ratio to allow acquisition of sub-millimeter resolution images within practical time frames.

The invention provides a system and methods for the determination of the pharmacogenomic phenotype of any individual or group of individuals, ideally classified to a discrete, specific and defined pharmacogenomic population(s) using machine learning and population structure. Specifically, the invention provides a system that integrates several subsystems, including (1) a system to classify an individual as to pharmacogenomic cohort status using properties of underlying structural elements of the human population based on differences in the variations of specific genes that encode proteins and enzymes involved in the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) of drugs and xenobiotics, (2) the use of a pre-trained learning machine for classification of a set of electronic health records (EHRs) as to pharmacogenomic phenotype in lieu of genotype data contained in the set of EHRs, (3) a system for prediction of pharmacological risk within an inpatient setting using the system of the invention, (4) a method of drug discovery and development using pattern-matching of previous drugs based on pharmacogenomic phenotype population clusters, and (5) a method to build an optimal pharmacogenomics knowledge base through derivatives of private databases contained in pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies and academic research centers without the risk of exposing raw data contained in such databases. Embodiments include pharmacogenomic decision support for an individual patient in an inpatient setting, and optimization of clinical cohorts based on pharmacogenomic phenotype for clinical trials in drug development.

In a heat-pump water heater with a super-critical refrigerant cycle, a valve open degree of a decompression valve is controlled to control a pressure of high-pressure side refrigerant so that a temperature difference between refrigerant flowing out from the water-refrigerant heat exchanger and water flowing into a water-refrigerant heat exchanger is set in a predetermined temperature range. Thus, the pressure of high-pressure side refrigerant in the super-critical refrigerant cycle can be controlled, thereby suitably adjusting heat-exchange performance of an internal heat exchanger, and restricting the temperature of refrigerant discharged from the refrigerant compressor from being uselessly increased.

The invention relates to medical devices and methods of using them. The devices are prostheses which can be percutaneously deliverable with (or on) an endovascular catheter or via other surgical or other techniques and then expanded. The prostheses are configured to have a lattice resistant to dilation and creep, which is defined by a plurality of openings. The prosthesis may also optionally have a stent disposed proximal to the lattice. In exemplary embodiments, the fluoropolymer is expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. The composite materials exhibit high elongation while substantially retaining the strength properties of the fluoropolymer membrane. In at least one embodiment, the lattice is made of a composite material that includes a least one fluoropolymer membrane including serpentine fibrils and an elastomer. A lattice including a generally tubular member formed of a composite material including a least one fluoropolymer membrane containing serpentine fibrils and an elastomer is also provided.

A modular conveyor belt (20) constructed of a series of rows (24, 25) of belt modules hingedly interlined by tapered oblong hinge pins (22) and suitable for following straight or curved conveyor paths. Aligned slots (30) formed in one set of hinge elements between successive rows are elongated in the direction of belt travel to allow the belt to fan out in turns. Fan-shaped apertures (38) formed in interleaved hinge elements of an adjacent row and aligned axially with the slots to admit a hinge pin (22) allow the belt to pivot at the hinge to articulate about a sprocket (181) or idler (186) or to enter and exit an incline. The oblong hinge pin has a first region at a first end (88) with a constant long axis to share the belt load among hinge elements encompassing the first region on straight runs. A second region of the hinge pin at an opposite second end (89) has a tapered oblong cross section, the long axis of which increases with distance from the second end to define a variable pitch and to spread the belt tension among the hinge elements at the outside of a turn encompassing the second region. Each belt row can be constructed of individual links stacked together on a support element (45) and retained by fasteners (52) or of integrally molded modules each comprising a transverse connecting member from which leading and trailing hinge elements extend. Accessory attachments, such as teeth (160) or sideguards (150), can be added to the belt. The belt can be driven by a cog, a roller chain, or other driving means driving lugs (172) extending from the bottom of the belt. The drive surfaces of the lugs can be obliquely arranged for better load sharing.

A multiple sprocket assembly engageable with a roller chain and mountable to a driver of a rear wheel of a bicycle. The multiple sprocket assembly includes a smaller sprocket and a larger sprocket. Each of the smaller and larger sprockets has a radially outer ring with a plurality of teeth for engaging the roller chain. The radially outer ring has a plurality of radially outer pin mounts including a hole. The radially outer pin mounts are aligned with the teeth. The sprockets have a plurality of radially inner pin mounts connected to the radially outer ring forming a single piece. The radially inner pin mounts includes a hole. The radially inner pin mounts are aligned with the plurality of outer pin mounts disposed on an adjacent smaller sprocket. A plurality of pins connects the smaller sprocket and the larger sprocket to each other. The pins are mounted in the holes in the outer pin mounts on the smaller sprocket and in the holes in the inner, pin mounts of the larger sprocket. A first mounting sprocket is connected to the smaller sprocket by pins and a second mounting sprocket is connected to the larger sprocket by pins. The first and second mounting sprockets are supported on the hub axle at two positions spaced, apart in the axial direction of the hub axle.

A system for separation of a user's voice from ambient sound, comprising a device to be worn at the user's ear or at least partly in the user's ear canal comprising a first microphone oriented outwardly towards the environment and a second microphone oriented inwardly towards the user's ear canal, and an audio signal processing unit for processing audio signals from the first and second microphone by a blind source separation algorithm adapted to separate the user's voice from ambient sound.

A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an improved negative electrode is disclosed. The negative electrode comprises alloy particles having a composition represented by the formula:wherein M1 represents at least one element selected from the element group m1 consisting of Ti, Zr, V, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Co, Ir, Ni, Cu and Fe, M2 represents at least one element selected from the element group m2 consisting of Mg, Ca, Al, In, Si, Sn, Pb, Sb and Bi, M1 and M2 represent different elements each other, and wherein 0<=x<=10, 0.1<=a<=10, with the proviso that 2<=a<=10 when M1 is composed only of Fe, and having at least two phases which are different in composition each other.

A system for separation of a user's voice from ambient sound, comprising a device to be worn at the user's ear or at least partly in the user's ear canal comprising a first microphone oriented acoustically outwardly towards the environment and a second microphone oriented acoustically inwardly towards the user's ear canal, and an audio signal processing unit for processing audio signals from the first and second microphone by a blind source separation algorithm adapted to separate the user's voice from ambient sound.

A process for the production of polylactide, the stages of which for the production and purification of lactide, starting from an aqueous solution of lactic acid or of its derivatives, includes evaporation of water with formation of oligomers, depolymerization to give lactide, condensation and then crystallization of the crude lactide product to give purified lactide, aqueous treatment of the residual fractions from the crystallization and polymerization of purified and / or prepurified lactide to give polylactide in an extruder and in the presence of catalysts. An alternative process includes carrying out the aqueous treatment before the crystallization.

The present invention relates to a defect review system, and / or particularly, to an apparatus and method of defect review sampling, review method and classification on a semiconductor wafer or a pattern lithography reticle during integrated circuit fabrication. These objects are achieved in comparing a reviewed image with a reference image pick-up through a smart sampling filter. A clustering computer system base on high speed network will provide data cache and save operation time and memory. A smart review sampling filter automatically relocate abnormal pattern or defects and classify the device location extracted from design database and / or from golden die image on the same substrate. The column of the present defect review system is comprised of the modified SORIL type objective lens. This column provides solution of improving throughput during sample review, material identification better image quality, and topography image of defect. One embodiment of the present invent adopts an optical auto focusing system to compromise micro height variation due wafer surface topography. And another embodiment adopts surface charge control system to regulate the charge accumulation due to electron irradiation during the review process.

A mutual-capacitance touch sensing device including a touch panel, a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes is provided. The touch panel is substantially parallel to a reference plane. The driving and sensing electrodes are arranged to from a matrix including a plurality of sensing units. Each of the sensing units is associated with at least one driving electrode and at least one sensing electrode. A gap is formed between the at least one driving electrode and the at least one sensing electrodes. A projection length of the gap on the reference plane is longer than a total length of two diagonal lines in each of the sensing units.

The present invention provides an adsorbent for adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner, which is capable of adsorbing an adsorbate therein and desorbing the adsorbate therefrom in a narrow relative vapor pressure range, and can be regenerated (desorption) at a low temperature. Also, the present invention provides an adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner using the adsorbent which can be effectively operated even by a low-temperature heat source, as well as methods of operating the adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner by effectively utilizing low-temperature exhaust heat. The absorbent of the present invention comprises zeolite containing (i) aluminum, (ii) phosphorus and (iii) iron and / or gallium in a skeletal structure thereof, which is substantially free from change in structure upon subjecting the adsorbent to adsorption and desorption of water vapor.

The present invention relates to a charged particle beam apparatus which employs a scanning electron microscope for sample inspection and defect review.The present invent provides solution of improving imaging resolution by utilizing a field emission cathode tip with a large tip radius, applying a large accelerating voltage across ground potential between the cathode and anode, positioning the beam limit aperture before condenser lens, utilizing condenser lens excitation current to optimize image resolution, applying a high tube bias to shorten electron travel time, adopting and modifying SORIL objective lens to ameliorate aberration at large field of view and under electric drifting and reduce the urgency of water cooling objective lens while operating material analysis.The present invent provides solution of improving throughput by utilizing fast scanning ability of SORIL and providing a large voltage difference between sample and detectors.

Provided are a method and apparatus for correcting chromatic aberration of an image, the method and apparatus used in an image processing apparatus for an image pickup device or a display image processing apparatus. The chromatic aberration correction apparatus includes a chromatic aberration region sensing unit analyzing a luminance signal of an input image and sensing a region having chromatic aberration; a color gradient calculation unit calculating a first weight, which indicates a degree of chromatic aberration, based on a difference between gradients of color components of the input image; a luminance gradient calculation unit calculating a second weight, which indicates the degree of chromatic aberration, based on gradients of luminance components of the input image; and a chrominance correction unit correcting chrominance of a pixel of the input image, which is included in the sensed region, based on a value obtained by multiplying the first weight by the second weight.

A support structure for a back part and / or a seat of a seat assembly includes a base support, a support part, and a power system. The support part is arranged on the base support to support and / or hold the respective back part and / or seat, and is attached to the base support to allow movement of the support part relative to the base support. The power system, which includes first and second spring elements and a coupling device, generates a reset force in response to (and directed opposite to) the respective movement of the support part. When the coupling device is in a first state, the second spring element generates a second reset force directed opposite to the movement of the support part. When the coupling device is in the second state, the second spring element does not generate the second reset force.

A transparent conductive laminate includes: a first transparent dielectric thin film; a second transparent dielectric thin film; a transparent conductive thin film; a transparent film substrate having a thickness of 2 μm to 200 μm, and the first transparent dielectric thin film, the second transparent dielectric thin film, and the transparent conductive thin film formed on one side of the substrate in this order; a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; and a transparent base substrate bonded to another side of the transparent film substrate with a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer interposed therebetween, wherein the first transparent dielectric thin film is formed by vacuum deposition, sputtering or ion plating and comprises a complex oxide containing 100 parts by weight of indium oxide, 0 to 20 parts by weight of tin oxide and 10 to 40 parts by weight of cerium oxide, a refractive index n1 of the first transparent dielectric thin film, a refractive index n2 of the second transparent dielectric thin film, and a refractive index n3 of the transparent conductive thin film satisfy a relationship: n2<n3≦n1, and the transparent base substrate is a transparent laminated base substrate having at least two transparent base films that are laminated with the transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer interposed therebetween.

In a data holding mode, data storage in a one bit / one cell scheme in a normal operating mode are rearranged into data storage in a twin-cell mode in which data are stored in a one bit / two cell scheme. In the twin-cell mode, two sub word lines are simultaneously driven into a selected state, and storage data of memory cells are read out on both of bit lines in a pair, to perform a sense operation. Thus, the read-out voltage can be increased to improve the data retention characteristics for lengthening a refresh interval, resulting in a reduced power consumption in the data holding mode.

In a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus employing a FISP pulse sequence, the pulse sequence is repeated with a repetition time TR with different phase-coding gradient directions and with an alternating operational sign of the flip angle α. The gradient pulse trains are thereby completely balanced. A phase increment ΔΦ=β is generated in addition to the alternating operational sign of the flip angle α between successive excitation pulses, so that the steady state signals for a first and a second spin ensemble optionally have either identical or reversed signal polarities. A first dataset on the basis of identical signal polarities and a second dataset on the basis of reversed signal polarities are obtained by means of the free selection of the mutual signal polarities. A pure image of the first and the second spin ensembles is thus obtained by the addition and / or subtraction of the first and second datasets.

The present invention provides an adsorbent for adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner, which is capable of adsorbing an adsorbate therein and desorbing the adsorbate therefrom in a narrow relative vapor pressure range, and can be regenerated (desorption) at a low temperature. Also, the present invention provides an adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner using the adsorbent which can be effectively operated even by a low-temperature heat source, as well as methods of operating the adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner by effectively utilizing low-temperature exhaust heat. The absorbent of the present invention comprises zeolite containing (i) aluminum, (ii) phosphorus and (iii) iron and / or gallium in a skeletal structure thereof, which is substantially free from change in structure upon subjecting the adsorbent to adsorption and desorption of water vapor, and has an operable relative vapor pressure range in which a change in amount of water adsorption of the absorbent when changing the relative vapor pressure by 0.1 in a relative vapor pressure range of from 0.1 to 0.25 in a water vapor adsorption isotherm measured at a temperature of 25° C., is not less than 0.12 g / g.