Abstract: Advanced RF therapeutic antenna probes, their systems and usage methods are disclosed. The therapeutic antenna probe comprising an RF power transmitting cable by which a dipole antenna assembly is formed and a sheath that includes the dipole antenna assembly therein. The RF power transmitting means comprises at least a central conductor, a cylindrical dielectric insulator formed around the central conductor and an outer conductor all of which are formed to be the dipole antenna assembly. A dipole antenna which is a member of the dipole antenna assembly is composed of the first and second electrodes which are formed by a part and another part of the outer conductor, respectively, and electrically connected to the one central conductor and an isolating means which is formed between the first and the second electrodes. The sheath is made of a hard material for at least a head element having a sharp edge.

Abstract: Fat-soluble trace constituents contained in plant tissues may be conveniently concentrated and/or purified by a method which involves extracting the fat-soluble trace constituent from a plant, to obtain an extract containing the fat-soluble trace constituent; adding a fatty acid ester to the extract, to obtain a mixture; and subjecting the mixture to molecular distillation. The method is particularly effective for the concentration and/or purification of fat-soluble constituents which are solids or viscous liquids at ambient temperature and ordinary pressure. The concentrated and/or purified fat-soluble trace constituent of a plant tissue prepared by the method may be combined with a food or drink to afford a food or drink product that contains the concentrated and/or purified fat-soluble trace constituent.

Abstract: A method of making carbon thin films comprises depositing a catalyst on a substrate, depositing a hydrocarbon in contact with the catalyst and pyrolyzing the hydrocarbon. A method of controlling a carbon thin film density comprises etching a cavity into a substrate, depositing a hydrocarbon into the cavity, and pyrolyzing the hydrocarbon while in the cavity to form a carbon thin film. Controlling a carbon thin film density is achieved by changing the volume of the cavity. Methods of making carbon containing patterned structures are also provided. Carbon thin films and carbon containing patterned structures can be used in NEMS, MEMS, liquid chromatography, and sensor devices.

Abstract: A base station apparatus in a wireless communication network system includes an information obtaining unit that obtains a delay request value for application data which is transmitted and received between a terminal and a communication partner thereof through an application layer, where the terminal performs data transmission and reception by wirelessly accessing the base station apparatus; and a resource allocator that computes, based on the delay request value for the application data, a residual time up to a time by which an application data transmitting side, which is one of the base station apparatus and the terminal, should complete wireless transmission of TCP packets which store the application data, and performs allocation of a wireless resource used in wireless communication between the base station apparatus and the terminal, based on a degree of margin of the residual time for a prearranged transmission time of the wireless transmission from the application data transmitting side.

Abstract: A radio frame control device comprises a controlling unit, a resource block allocation unit, and a resource block conversion unit. The controlling unit controls a downlink radio frame of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access scheme. The resource block allocation unit allocates resource blocks to a terminal station using any one of a plurality of resource block allocation methods respectively having different restrictions. The resource block conversion unit determines whether or not conversion is possible from allocation information of resource blocks allocated according to a first resource block allocation method into resource block allocation information by a second resource block allocation method. The resource block conversion unit converts the resource block allocation method for the resource block allocation information when the conversion is possible.

Abstract: A sensor element, a sensor system, a catheter that can detect the thrombi, plaques and stents in the blood vessels and manufacturing method of the sensor element are provided. A cylinder is formed as a cylinder shaped part that has a long inner space and one open end. The cylinder has a slit being formed along an axis and the width of the slit is less than diameter of the inner space. A plurality of coils is wound outside of the cylinder and the lead portions of the coils are led into the inner space of the cylinder by passing through the slits. Electrically conducting means are connected to each of lead portions and are externally led out from the open end of the cylinder.

Abstract: A light-illuminating probe with increased spatial spread of an external illumination light and a fundus observing apparatus, a fundus surgery apparatus, and an endoscope using the light-illuminating probe are provided. The light-illuminating probe includes a light-transmitting portion which is constructed with at least a first dielectric material having a light transparency and a light-radiating portion which is constructed with a second dielectric material having a light transparency to be formed in an extension portion of the light-transmitting portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a radio channel assignment method where each node in a network assigns radio channels to respective radio links in a decentralized manner without inconsistency. The radio channel assignment method includes a step of assigning one of a pair of nodes terminating each radio link and the other thereof to an upper side and a lower side (Step S1), and a step that each radio node located to the upper side from at least one of radio links terminating at an own node assigns a frequency slot different from that of an adjacent link to a radio link locating an own node to the upper side (Step S5).

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus has a battery, a transmit buffer for temporarily accumulating packets to be sent, a battery state monitoring unit for monitoring a battery state of the battery, and a traffic control unit. The traffic control unit determines a packet burst length and an interval time between the packet bursts in order to obtain charge recovery effect based on the battery state, and controls so as to take out data packets of the packet burst length from the transmit buffer for every interval time between the packet bursts of the packet burst.

Abstract: Advanced RF therapeutic antenna probes, their systems and usage methods are disclosed. The therapeutic antenna probe comprising an RF power transmitting cable by which a dipole antenna assembly is formed and a sheath that includes the dipole antenna assembly therein. The RF power transmitting means comprises at least a central conductor, a cylindrical dielectric insulator formed around the central conductor and an outer conductor all of which are formed to be the dipole antenna assembly. A dipole antenna which is a member of the dipole antenna assembly is composed of the first and second electrodes which are formed by a part and another part of the outer conductor, respectively, and electrically connected to the one central conductor and an isolating means which is formed between the first and the second electrodes. The sheath is made of a hard material for at least a head element having a sharp edge.

Abstract: A method (and resulting structure) for fabricating a sensing device. The method includes providing a substrate comprising a surface region and forming an insulating material overlying the surface region. The method also includes forming a film of carbon based material overlying the insulating material and treating to the film of carbon based material to pyrolyzed the carbon based material to cause formation of a film of substantially carbon based material having a resistivity ranging within a predetermined range. The method also provides at least a portion of the pyrolyzed carbon based material in a sensor application and uses the portion of the pyrolyzed carbon based material in the sensing application. In a specific embodiment, the sensing application is selected from chemical, humidity, piezoelectric, radiation, mechanical strain or temperature.

Abstract: Fat-soluble trace constituents contained in plant tissues may be conveniently concentrated and/or purified by a method which involves extracting the fat-soluble trace constituent from a plant, to obtain an extract containing the fat-soluble trace constituent; adding a fatty acid ester to the extract, to obtain a mixture; and subjecting the mixture to molecular distillation. The method is particularly effective for the concentration and/or purification of fat-soluble constituents which are solids or viscous liquids at ambient temperature and ordinary pressure. The concentrated and/or purified fat-soluble trace constituent of a plant tissue prepared by the method may be combined with a food or drink to afford a food or drink product that contains the concentrated and/or purified fat-soluble trace constituent.

Abstract: A system and method for organic wastewater treatment through denitrification and nitrification processes. The system for treating organic wastewater includes a multistage treatment tank having at least two stages in series. Each stage has a denitrification tank and a nitrification tank connected in this order. The system includes a pipe for distributing feed water to the denitrification tank in each stage, a device for filtering and separating at least a part of an activated sludge mixed liquor present in at least one nitrification tank, and a pipe for supplying at least a part of the concentrated sludge mixed liquor obtained by the filtration and separation treatment to the denitrification tank.

Abstract: A linear biodevice is provided with fibers that have a curved portion in its cross section approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and approximately spherical adhesive cells that adhere to the periphery of the fiber. A membrane-like biodevice is provided with a sheet that has an opening and approximately spherical adhesive cells that adhere to the opening. A curved portion is present in the cross section on an inner edge of the opening. A bioreactor is provided with a membrane-like biodevice in which spherical adhesive cells grow densely so as to close the openings of the sheet.

Abstract: There is proposed a competitive buying and selling system that avoids unnatural bidding prices and exclusive possession of resources, stabilizes bidding prices, and provides such an environment that participants can bid easily. There are included a first step in which a server opens a subject of buying and selling and a successful bid evaluation function thereof to a plurality of clients, a second step in which each of the clients makes a participant determine the subject of buying and selling and a bidding price thereof by using the successful bid evaluation function, and notifies a determined result to the server, and a third step in which the server selects a bidding price of a participant who has indicated a highest evaluation value based on the successful bid evaluation function among all bidding prices notified from the clients and designates the participant as a successful bidder.

Abstract: A sensor capable of simply and quickly measuring the electrical activities of a number of cells simultaneously and a device comprising the sensor and capable of detecting the signal transmission between subject cells are provided. The sensor comprises a plurality of electrodes provided on a substrate. The electrodes individually measure a signal generated by a biological sample held by each of the electrodes. Each of the electrodes comprises a depression for holding the biological sample, a throughhole which is in communication with the depression and penetrates to a rear side of the substrate, an electrode portion, and a drawing line from the electrode portion. The electrodes are arranged so that the samples held by the depressions electrically communicate with one another.

Abstract: A method (and resulting structure) for fabricating a sensing device. The method includes providing a substrate comprising a surface region and forming an insulating material overlying the surface region. The method also includes forming a film of carbon based material overlying the insulating material and treating to the film of carbon based material to pyrolyzed the carbon based material to cause formation of a film of substantially carbon based material having a resistivity ranging within a predetermined range. The method also provides at least a portion of the pyrolyzed carbon based material in a sensor application and uses the portion of the pyrolyzed carbon based material in the sensing application. In a specific embodiment, the sensing application is selected from chemical, humidity, piezoelectric, radiation, mechanical strain or temperature.

Abstract: A method of making carbon thin films comprises depositing a catalyst on a substrate, depositing a hydrocarbon in contact with the catalyst and pyrolyzing the hydrocarbon. A method of controlling a carbon thin film density comprises etching a cavity into a substrate, depositing a hydrocarbon into the cavity, and pyrolyzing the hydrocarbon while in the cavity to form a carbon thin film. Controlling a carbon thin film density is achieved by changing the volume of the cavity. Methods of making carbon containing patterned structures are also provided. Carbon thin films and carbon containing patterned structures can be used in NEMS, MEMS, liquid chromatography, and sensor devices.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a metal collecting material for use in seawater or river water or industrial wastewater to give the most excellent adsorption efficiency. Another object of the present invention is to provide a process for efficiently separating and recovering valuable metals or noxious metals from a metal collecting material having collected said valuable metals from seawater or noxious metals from river water or wastewater with the least possible waste generation. A metal collector according to an aspect of the present invention is formed by stacking at least partially alternate layers of a fibrous metal collecting material with a spacer for introducing a liquid to be treated into said collecting material, wherein the area of spacer side faces represents 25-75% of the total area of collecting material side faces and spacer side faces in the side faces of the stack.

Abstract: There is proposed a competitive buying and selling system that avoids unnatural bidding prices and exclusive possession of resources, stabilizes bidding prices, and provides such an environment that participants can bid easily. There are included a first step in which a server opens a subject of buying and selling and a successful bid evaluation function thereof to a plurality of clients, a second step in which each of the clients makes a participant determine the subject of buying and selling and a bidding price thereof by using the successful bid evaluation function, and notifies a determined result to the server, and a third step in which the server selects a bidding price of a participant who has indicated a highest evaluation value based on the successful bid evaluation function among all bidding prices notified from the clients and designates the participant as a successful bidder.