Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein the variants R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 are as defined herein, and wherein said compound is an inhibitor of CETP, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease mediated by CETP or responsive to the inhibition of CETP.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein the variants R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 are as defined herein, and wherein said compound is an inhibitor of CETP, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease mediated by CETP or responsive to the inhibition of CETP.

Abstract: A cylinder block 3 of an engine 1 is formed by assembling an inner block member 10 and an outer block member 15. The inner block member 10 includes an upper deck portion 7 integrated with a cylinder liner portion 8. The outer block member 15 includes a cylinder outer wall portion 12. The cylinder head 2 is fastened to an upper deck portion 7 with head bolts 31. The cylinder outer wall portion 12 is fastened to the upper deck portion 7 with block fastening bolts 32 at an opposite side of the upper deck portion 7 with respect to the cylinder head 2. The head bolts 31 and the block fastening bolts 32 are threaded with the upper deck portion 7 from the opposite sides with respect to each other. As a result, deformation of the upper deck portion 7 and inclination of the cylinder liner portion 8 due to fastening of the bolts 31, 32 are reliably prevented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables are as defined.

Abstract: A cylinder block 3 of an engine 1 is formed by assembling an inner block member 10 and an outer block member 15. The inner block member 10 includes an upper deck portion 7 integrated with a cylinder liner portion 8. The outer block member 15 includes a cylinder outer wall portion 12. The cylinder head 2 is fastened to an upper deck portion 7 with head bolts 31. The cylinder outer wall portion 12 is fastened to the upper deck portion 7 with block fastening bolts 32 at an opposite side of the upper deck portion 7 with respect to the cylinder head 2. The head bolts 31 and the block fastening bolts 32 are threaded with the upper deck portion 7 from the opposite sides with respect to each other. As a result, deformation of the upper deck portion 7 and inclination of the cylinder liner portion 8 due to fastening of the bolts 31, 32 are reliably prevented.

Abstract: When an appliance is connected to the home network, appliance information is transmitted to a display terminal from the appliance. The display terminal transmits the received appliance information to a management server and requests the management server to transmit appliance icon information of the appliance. The management server extracts icon information conforming to the received appliance information from an icon database and sends the icon information to the display terminal. The display terminal generates an appliance icon image from the acquired icon information and superimposes and displays the appliance icon image on a floor plan image of a house. When a user moves the appliance icon to an installation location on a display screen, a room No. of a moving destination and an installation position in the room are detected. The detected positional information is sent to the management server and registered in association with the appliance.

Abstract: The optical fiber backscatter signal generator (OFBSG) generates simulated ptical fiber backscatter waveform signals that are used to characterize or calibrate an optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR). An OTDR is a commercially available test instrument that measures loss and length of a fiber optic cable by launching an optical signal into the cable and measuring the power that is reflected back (backscattered) into the OTDR. The OFBSG device creates a simulated optical fiber backscattered signal of a virtual cable and couples this signal into the OTDR so that length accuracy, loss accuracy, and dynamic range of the OTDR can be determined. An electrooptical section, a signal generator section and a microprocessor section that is programmable to simulate a variety of cable anomalies, provide adaptability to accommodate a wide variety of OTDRs and, by reason of its sound engineering design, it is capable of being used under adverse conditions such as those encountered in the field.