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The invention relates to methods of forming high frequency receivers, transmitters and transceivers from Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) materials. Two or more layers of a low k thick film dielectric tape and in contact with each other and two or more layers of a low k thick film dielectric tape and in contact with each other form a low k high k LTCC structure with improved properties and the ability to support economical mass production techniques for high frequency transceivers. The invention also relates to the LTCC receiving, transmitting and transceiving structures and the devices made from such structures.

This invention provides methods for alleviating seizure disorders in an animal, particularly epilepsy, by regulating the flux through the gluconeogenic enzyme PEPCK in brain cells.

This invention provides methods for alleviating paroxysmal disorders in an animal, particularly epilepsy, by modulating glycolysis in brain cells.

A gait posture meter that evaluates a gait posture of a measurement subject includes an accelerometer affixed to a centerline of the measurement subject's waist area and a computation unit. The computation unit calculates a Z feature amount and an X feature amount indicating a degree of a difference between up-down and front-rear axis direction accelerations of the waist area in a left leg reference period and up-down and front-rear axis direction accelerations of the waist area in a right leg reference period using a timewise change waveform in three axis accelerations outputted by the accelerometer, and calculates a Y feature amount indicating a degree of a difference between a displacement of a left-right axis direction trajectory of the waist area in the left leg reference period and a displacement of the left-right axis direction trajectory of the waist area in the right leg reference period by finding a second-level integration of the left-right axis acceleration outputted by the accelerometer.

Disclosed is a plant protection device that combines the functionality of a solid walled style plant protector that is good for the establishment of a new plant/seedling and perforated style plant protector that is good for an established plant. The wall of a tree/plant protector and growth device has thin areas inherent in the wall that degrade faster than other parts of the same device wall. This occurs based on the weather conditions (wind/rain/cold), UV degradation, biodegradation, and other factors. Over time these areas open up, allowing air, sun light and other environmental elements to reach the plant/tree within the protector. Strategically placing the thinner areas allows for designs for different plant/tree species and applications. Applications for climatic regions—northern, aired, wetlands, etc. Other applications examples are reforestation, vineyards, windbreaks, etc. The degradation of the thin areas can be controlled by using different materials, UV stabilizer levels and other methods.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a magnetometer includes at least one sensor for sensing a magnetic field component, a biasing circuit, and a processor. The sensor generates an output signal having a signal characteristic that varies in response to the sensed magnetic field component and in response to an applied bias. The biasing circuit dynamically biases the sensor in response to a bias setting signal. The processor is coupled to receive the output signal from the sensor and coupled to the biasing circuit. The processor is operable to generate the bias setting signal and thereby control the biasing circuit to dynamically bias the sensor such that the signal characteristic of the output signal is maintained in a target range. The processor determines the magnetic field component sensed by the sensor as a function of the bias setting applied to the sensor.

This invention provides methods for alleviating paroxysmal disorders in an animal, particularly epilepsy, by modulating glycolysis in brain cells.

Systems (100) and methods (600) for acquiring data relating to an environment of interest. The methods comprise: receiving by a telescope (110) light scattered by an object within the environment; focusing a cone of light towards a spatial light modulator (112) which is placed a certain distance from the telescope on a telescope-focus surface; and deflecting a select amount of the cone of light by the spatial light modulator towards a photodiode array (114), whereby a sensitivity across the photodiode array is made uniform.

The present invention provides a crystal oscillator piece in which the cross section of its vibrating tine, while not symmetrical in shape, has a principal axis that is oriented parallel to an X axis to suppress the generation of leakage vibration, and a method for manufacturing such a crystal oscillator piece. More specifically, the invention provides a crystal oscillator piece includes a vibrating tine having an upper surface, a lower surface having a larger width than the upper surface, a first side face, and a second side face, and a balance adjusting groove formed in the vibrating tine, wherein the first and second side faces are formed in sloping fashion so that the width of the vibrating tine gradually increases from the upper surface toward the lower surface, and the balance adjusting groove is formed in accordance with the sloping of the first and second side faces so that at least one of two dynamically perpendicular principal axes passing through a centroid on a cross section taken perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction of the vibrating tine becomes substantially parallel to the upper surface or the lower surface. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing such a crystal oscillator piece.

A system for determining the excitation frequency of vibratory stress relief is disclosed, comprising a host computer system, an arbitrary waveform generation card, a driver, a vibration exciter, an acceleration sensor, a charge amplifier, a data acquisition card, and a support device. The vibration exciter is mounted on the surface of a component, and the component is supported by the elastic support device; the host computer system comprises a finite element numerical simulation module, a preferred excitation frequency determination module, a reference voltage peak setting module, an excitation signal synthesis module, a voltage signal acquisition module, a Fourier transform module, an actual voltage peak acquisition module, and a voltage peak difference storage module. The method for determining the vibratory stress relief frequency comprises the following steps: numerical simulating; determining the preferred excitation frequency; synthesizing the excitation signal; Fourier transforming; determining the excitation frequency for the vibratory stress relief treatment from the preferred excitation frequency. The present invention is advantageous in that it is capable of determining the vibratory stress relief excitation frequency based on the surface residual stress distribution state of the component.

A system atomizes liquids into a gaseous medium for formation and injection of a sample into an analytical apparatus, such as a plasma spectrometer. The system employs a high efficiency nebulizer that generates a fine aerosol through use of a nozzle having improved surface wetness characteristics, preferably in combination with a deflecting surface. A desolvator is employed to remove excess solvent from the atomized sample prior to injection into the spectrometer to avoid temperature reduction or extinguishment of the plasma by the sample.

Microbiological control in aqueous media and/or eradication or reduction of biofilm on a surface in contact with such media is achieved by introducing into the aqueous medium a microbiocidally effective quantity of one or more 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dialkylhydantoins where one of the alkyls is methyl and the other is a C_1-4 alkyl, wherein (i) the molar quantity of 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dialkylhydantoin introduced is less than the molar quantity of N,N′-bromochloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin that would be required to effect the same degree of microbiological control in that medium, (ii) the molar quantity of the 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dialkylhydantoin introduced releases an amount of “free chlorine” that is greater than the amount of “free chlorine” that would be released in that medium by an equimolar quantity of N,N′-bromochloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin, and (iii) the amount of “free chlorine” released by the quantity of the 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dialkylhydantoin introduced is greater than the amount of “free chlorine” that could be predicted to be released by that quantity of 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dialkylhydantoin on the basis of the amount of “free chlorine” that would be released in that medium by an equimolar quantity of N,N′-bromochloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin.

An VLIW instruction mechanism is described which accesses multiple slot instructions for execution to achieve high levels of selectable parallelism and to make improvements to code density. To this end, the VLIW instruction mechanism includes a short instruction word (SIW) register for holding an SIW. The SIW includes an indication of a slot instruction to execute and a dynamic slot instruction operand which is used by the slot instruction to execute. Further, the VLIW instruction mechanism includes a register for holding slot instructions which are retrieved from VLIW memory. The retrieved slot instructions include a stored operand which is used when executing the retrieved slot instruction. The VLIW instruction mechanism further includes a controller and an execution unit. The controller selects which of the operands are utilized with the retrieved slot instructions. The execution unit executes the retrieved slot instruction with the selected operand.

The semiconductor device including an output terminal; and an output unit coupled to the output terminal. The output unit includes an output buffer coupled to the output terminal and operating on a first power supply voltage, a first control circuit operating on a second power supply voltage, receiving an impedance adjustment signal and a data signal and making the output buffer drive the output terminal to a first logic level designated by the data signal with impedance designated by the impedance adjustment signal, and a level shifter coupled between the output buffer and the first control circuit. The second power supply voltage is smaller in level than the first power supply voltage. The level shifter includes a first circuit portion operating on the second power supply voltage and a second circuit portion operating on the first power supply voltage.

Provided is a secondary battery separator that is lightweight and excels in heat resistance. The secondary battery separator of the present invention includes a porous base layer (A), and a heat resistant layer (B) formed from a non-woven fabric containing a binder and microfibers having a melting point (or a decomposition temperature in case of the microfibers having no melting point) of 200° C. or higher. The microfibers are preferably aramid fibers, and the binder is preferably at least one type selected from a polysaccharide derivative (1), a compound having a constituent unit represented by formula (2), and a compound having a constituent unit represented by Formula (3). In the formulas, R denotes a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a phenyl group, an N-substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl group, or a 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl group, n is an integer of 2 or higher, and L denotes an ether bond or an (—NH—) group.

An amplifier circuit for AM broadcasting for amplifying an inputted AM broadcast signal by an FET and outputting it. The amplifier circuit comprises FETs for signal amplification which are P-channel MOSFETs (4, 5) of relatively small flicker noise. While suppressing the flicker noise to a lowest possible level, more circuits including the RF amplifier for AM broadcasting can be integrated on one chip, thereby realizing small size and low noise of the circuits.

The purpose is to provide a mirtazapine-containing transdermal patch capable of suppressing deposition of a crystalline component derived from mirtazapine, deterioration in sense of use, and deterioration in adhesiveness to the skin. The transdermal patch contains a support, a drug-containing layer and a release liner, and the drug-containing layer contains mirtazapine and an organic acid.

Herein disclosed is a condenser microphone structure which comprises a microphone housing, a condenser microphone accommodated in the microphone housing to produce a sound signal indicative of a voice sound, first and second terminal connecters provided on the microphone housing in the neighborhood of each other under an insulated state from each other, each of the first and second terminal connecters including a helical spring portion, and an end portion integrally formed with the helical spring portion, the helical spring portion and the end portion being made of an electrically conductive material, the end portions being electrically connected with the condenser microphone to discharge the sound signal from the condenser microphone through the first and second terminal connecters, and an insulating member accommodated in the microphone housing to retain the condenser microphone and the first and second terminal connecters with the microphone housing and to insulate the first terminal connecter from the second terminal connecter. The condenser microphone thus constructed can cause high frequency noises to be reduced to as a small level as possible, and can be produced at a relatively low production price and at a considerably short production period.

A solution for measuring torque and other parameters of a mechanical component is provided. At least two bands can be affixed to the mechanical component and at least two sensing assemblies can be operatively coupled to each band. Each sensing assembly generates signals indicative of relative movement between a respective band and the sensing assembly. A signal conditioner conditions the signals for a computing unit to determine the torque to the mechanical component. The computing unit can determine the torque from a twist of the mechanical component that can be correlated with the torque.

This invention relates generally to neurodegenerative diseases and conditions (e.g., Alzheimer's disease) characterized with higher than normal brain blood ammonia levels and/or higher than normal amounts of circulatory pro-inflammatory cytokines secreted by harmful gut bacteria. This invention further relates to methods and compositions for treating such neurodegenerative diseases and conditions with pharmaceutical compositions capable of reducing blood ammonia levels and/or reducing levels of circulatory pro-inflammatory cytokines secreted by harmful gut bacteria.

The invention is a transdermal patch containing a noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant (NaSSA) such as mirtazapine or the like as the active ingredient therein, and capable of transdermally and quantitatively administering the active ingredient. Further, the transdermal patch of the invention exhibits a sufficient therapeutical effect, can suppress side effects that are problematic in oral administration, improves patient compliance and quality of life (QOL), and can solve various problems. Preferably, the patch provided by the invention contains the active ingredient in an amount of from 2 to 30% by mass relative to the drug-containing layer.