Abstract: A ceramic compact having a patterned conductor is obtained by coating the patterned conductor with a slurry and then by hardening the slurry. The slurry is prepared by mixing a thermosetting resin precursor, a ceramic powder, and a medium. In the ceramic compact, an isocyanate- or isothiocyanate-containing gelling agent and a hydroxyl-containing polymer are reacted and hardened to produce a thermosetting resin. The hydroxyl-containing polymer is preferably a butyral resin, an ethylcellulose-based resin, a polyethyleneglycol-based resin, or a polyether-based resin.

Abstract: A ceramic compact having a patterned conductor is obtained by coating the patterned conductor with a slurry and then by hardening the slurry. The slurry is prepared by mixing a thermosetting resin precursor, a ceramic powder, and a medium. In the ceramic compact, an isocyanate- or isothiocyanate-containing gelling agent and a hydroxyl-containing polymer are reacted and hardened to produce a thermosetting resin. The hydroxyl-containing polymer is preferably a butyral resin, an ethylcellulose-based resin, a polyethyleneglycol-based resin, or a polyether-based resin.

Abstract: An input device has a housing having an operation hole formed therein, an operation member supported in a slidably moving manner in multi-directions within the operation hole, and at least two magnetic sensors, arranged at a periphery of the operation member, for detecting change in magnetic property by displacement of the operation member. The operation member includes a holder having a circular ring-shaped magnet incorporated in a fit-in hole and a central push button having a disc plate made of magnetic material integrated at a lower surface. The central push button is fitted in the circular ring-shaped magnet to adsorb, in a separable manner, the disc plate to the circular ring-shaped magnet and position-regulate the central push button.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus sets, on an image to be printed, the print position of attribute information of the image. The information processing apparatus displays, on a display device, the print preview screen of the image to be printed in which an image forming the attribute information is arranged at the set print position. When a region corresponding to the attribute information on the print preview screen displayed on the display device is selected, the information processing apparatus enlarges and displays the attribute information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solution for interleaving data frames, in a semiconductor device manufacturing system in which the processing apparatus for conducting a process on any one of a semiconductor substrate and a thin film on a surface thereof; a self-diagnostic system for diagnosing a state of the processing apparatus; and a parameter fitting apparatus for maintaining a parameter of the self-diagnostic system when an inspection result of the semiconductor substrate having undergone the process has been determined to be correct, and for changing the parameter of the self-diagnostic system when the inspection result has been determined to be incorrect.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for stimulating revascularization in a subject comprising the steps of: (a) administering erythropoietin to the subject; (b) collecting peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the subject; and (c) administering the collected peripheral blood mononuclear cells to a target site of the subject. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and particularly CD34-positive cells, are mobilized into the peripheral blood of a subject by the administration of erythropoietin to the subject. The method of the present invention is useful for the treatment of ischemic diseases, such as peripheral vascular disorder.

Abstract: In a high-frequency coaxial cable (1), an internal solid layer (3), an insulation layer (4) made of a foam resin, an external solid layer (5), and an external conductor (6) are provided on the periphery of an internal conductor (2) in this order. The external solid layer (5) has a dielectric dissipation factor of 1.0×10?4 or less at 2 GHz. Thereby, the voltage standing-wave ratio and the attenuation of the high-frequency coaxial cable (1) are reduced.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus in which positions of an X-ray image and optical image of a subject can be brought into registration with each other is provided. A half-mirror is provided between the X-ray source and subject and is configured to pass X-rays and reflect visible light. A TV camera captures the optical image of the surface of the subject reflected by the half-mirror. A display unit displays the optical image captured by the TV camera together with a reference mark indicating the reference position of this optical image, and displays, in superimposed form, an X-ray image obtained by capturing a prescribed reference object as a subject by using an X-ray imaging unit. An adjusting unit adjusts position and attitude of an X-ray detector in such a manner that the reference object displayed by the display unit will coincide with the reference mark.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray collimator control unit which controls an X-ray collimator shape, an X-ray irradiation unit which irradiates X-rays in accordance with the X-ray collimator shape, an X-ray imaging unit which receives the irradiated X-rays and acquires a radiograph, a perpendicularity determination unit which determines, on the basis of the comparison between the X-ray collimator shape and the radiograph, whether the X-ray irradiation direction of the X-ray irradiation unit is perpendicular to a light-receiving surface by which the X-ray imaging unit receives the X-rays, and an irradiation control unit which controls X-ray irradiation by the X-ray irradiation unit on the basis of the determination result obtained by the perpendicularity determination unit.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a visible light imaging unit which captures an image of a visual field region with visible light, an X-ray irradiation unit which irradiates X-rays, an X-ray imaging unit which receives the irradiated X-rays and acquires a radiograph based on the X-rays, and a detection unit which detects an irradiated region irradiated with the X-rays based on the acquired radiograph.

Abstract: A ceramic compact having a patterned conductor is obtained by coating the patterned conductor with a slurry and then by hardening the slurry. The slurry is prepared by mixing a thermosetting resin precursor, a ceramic powder, and a medium. In the ceramic compact, an isocyanate- or isothiocyanate-containing gelling agent and a hydroxyl-containing polymer are reacted and hardened to produce a thermosetting resin. The hydroxyl-containing polymer is preferably a butyral resin, an ethylcellulose-based resin, a polyethyleneglycol-based resin, or a polyether-based resin.

Abstract: The present inventors tested the effects of interferons on the expression of HLA-A in cells and cell injury caused by anti-HLA class I antibodies, by using a 2D7-DB antibody as an anti-HLA class I antibody and the IM-9 cell line as the cells to be tested. As a result, the expression of HLA-A was demonstrated to be upregulated by IFN? or IFN?, Furthermore, WST-8 assays were performed to examine the cell viability when an interferon and an anti-HLA class I antibody were used in combination. As a result, cell death activity was found to be increased by the combination of 2D7-DB and IFN? or IFN?.

Abstract: A communication system that can improve communication quality by accurately re-creating reproduction timing at the receiving end even at the time of receiving VBR data or in the case of the occurrence of a packet loss. A send rate recognition section recognizes a send rate from a time stamp. A memory stores data. A dummy data addition section adds dummy data for correcting the difference between a read rate set for reading out data from the memory and the send rate to the data written to the memory. A read clock generation section generates a read clock which is equal to the read rate. A dummy data removal section removes the dummy data from the data read out from the memory on the basis of the read clock.

Abstract: A receiving large scale integrated circuit (LSI) device, including a demodulator which includes two signal processing circuits to demodulate two diversity signals to form a demodulated signal, a decoder which decodes the demodulated signal in accordance with an error correcting code to form a decoded signal, a receiving quality judgment circuit which codes the decoded signal to form a re-coded signal as a reference signal, compares the demodulated signal with the reference signal to obtain an error rate of the two diversity signals and supplies a judgment signal depending on the error rate, and a control circuit which selects one of the two signal processing circuits or both two signal processing circuits in response to the judgment signal of the receiving quality judgment circuit and stops supplying electric power or a clock signal to the one of the two processing circuits not selected by the control circuit.

Abstract: To identify antigens of the 2D7 antibody, the present inventors cloned the 2D7 antigen. As a result, the 2D7 antibody was found to recognize HLA class IA. In addition, the present inventors examined whether the 2D7 antibody has cell death-inducing activity. Nuclei fragmentation was observed when the 2D7 antibody was cross-linked with another antibody, indicating that cell-death was induced. Further, diabodies of the 2D7 antibody were found to have very strong cell death-inducing activities, even without the addition of another antibody. These results indicate that minibodies of an HLA-recognizing antibody can be used as cell death-inducing agents.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensing unit that receives X-rays and converts the received X-ray signal into an image signal, a control unit that controls the image capturing apparatus, including image capturing using the image sensing unit, and a communication unit including at least two communication interfaces to output the acquired image signal.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a combining unit configured to combine a visible light image obtained by capturing visible light from an object and a radiation image obtained by capturing a radiation ray that has passed through the object, and an image processing unit configured to change a proportion between the visible light image and the radiation image to be combined by the combining unit such that the proportion differs between combinations in a peripheral region and a central region.

Abstract: A multiprocessor system includes a plurality of processors, wherein instruction codes of a program executed by the processors are stored in an internal memory of each of the processors, wherein one of the processors includes a program counter configured to indicate an address of a program instruction being executed in the internal memory and an offset register configured to store a predetermined offset value, and wherein upon detecting abnormality due to execution of an illegal instruction code fetched from the internal memory of the one of the processor, the one of the processor fetches an instruction code for execution from the internal memory of another one of the processors based on an address that is obtained by adding the offset value stored in the offset register to the address of a program instruction being executed stored in the program counter.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a decoder for decoding a demodulated signal that has been subjected to a CDM demodulation, the decoder comprising a Viterbi decoding section that subjects a convolutional code to a soft decision Viterbi decoding; a soft decision data acquisition section that acquires soft decision data corresponding to a interval to which the demodulated signal belongs, using soft decision information in which a plurality of intervals obtained by dividing between a highest level and a lowest level according to a plurality of thresholds correspond to pieces of soft decision data to be input to the Viterbi decoding section, respectively; and a threshold changing section that determines whether a situation of a transmission line is suitable, and that changes threshold intervals in the soft decision information if the state of the transmission line does not satisfy a predetermined reference.

Abstract: In the repair method and the apparatus, geometry data of a defective section is extracted from defect image data obtained by picking up an image of a defective section on a glass substrate 2; the angle of each the micromirror of a DMD unit 16 is controlled in high speed in accordance with the geometry data; and the cross-sectional shape of the laser light r reflected by these micromirrors are conformed substantially to the shape of the defective section to be illuminated to the defective section.