Abstract: Suspenders particularly for wearing under outer garments. At least one side of the strap members has loop members thereon which mate with pieces of hook-type material secured adjacent the ends of the strap members. Adjustment buckles are eliminated.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device for generating a yaw rate command for an aircraft along a ground trajectory. The yaw rate command is generated by determining a current curvature, lateral deviation and angular deviation of the ground trajectory. A yaw rate calculator then calculates a yaw rate and generates the yaw rate command based on the determined current curvature, lateral deviation and angular deviation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomarker and a composition for diagnosis of preeclampsia. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a biomarker for diagnosis of preeclampsia using an enzyme selected from the group consisting of placental chondroitin 4-O-sulfotransferase 1 (C4ST), chondroitin 6-sulfotransferase (C6S), heparan sulfate 6-O-sulfotransferase 1 (HS6S), and dermatan/chondroitin sulfate 2-sulfotransferase (CS-2OST), or uronic acid-2-sulfate (UA2S).

Abstract: Provided is a MIMO communication device which can maintain the MIMO communication characteristic at a certain level regardless of the device installation position. The MIMO communication device (100) includes antenna elements (101-1, 101-2) as a first and a second antenna element which are arranged on a single straight line and an antenna element (102-1) or an antenna element (102-2) as a third antenna element which is arranged out of the straight line. A MIMO modulation unit (105) is connected to all the antenna elements. This assures that there exists a combination of antennas having other than 0 as a matrix expression of a channel estimation matrix in a propagation path between the MIMO communication device (100) and the communication partner regardless of the installation position of the MIMO communication device (100) with respect to a communication partner.

Abstract: A multicarrier communication method and a multicarrier communication apparatus used for the method for adjusting the arrangement in code block units according to the actual reception state of the multicarrier signal, when arranging code blocks generated through error correcting coding processing not only in the time axis direction but also in the frequency axis direction in order to improve an error correction rate of a multicarrier signal.

Abstract: Method and device for aiding the guidance of an aircraft along a flight trajectory. The device makes it possible to cause the aircraft to pass at least one particular waypoint of the flight trajectory, at an associated target time, and to do so to within an associated temporal tolerance.

Abstract: A spectrum coding apparatus capable of performing coding at a low bit rate and with high quality is disclosed. This apparatus is provided with a section that performs the frequency transformation of a first signal and calculates a first spectrum, a section that converts the frequency of a second signal and calculates a second spectrum, a section that estimates the shape of the second spectrum in a band of FL?k<FH using a filter having the first spectrum in a band of 0?k<FL as an internal state and a section that codes an outline of the second spectrum determined based on a coefficient indicating the characteristic of the filter at this time.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for performing a scheduling algorithm in a scheduler (120) of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of obtaining from a communication unit (200) a minimum resource parameter, wherein said minimum resource parameter indicates a minimum of resources allocated to the communication unit in a scheduling frame to meet a resource constraint and scheduling allocation units for radio access to the communication unit in a scheduling frame in accordance with the minimum resource parameter.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cover for a tubular duct extending from a planar roof surface. The cover comprises a cap, a skirt and a closure. In use: the cap is disposed outwardly from said duct, to define a headspace outside said duct and an annular space surrounding the headspace; the skirt extends from the rim of the cap in surrounding, spaced relation to said duct; and the closure extends from the terminus of the skirt to said duct and is disposed in spaced relation to said surface. The skirt and closure have vanes formed therein. The vanes are oriented such that: precipitation driven by wind through the skirt into the interior of the cap is directed, as it passes through the skirt, towards the roof; and precipitation driven by wind through the closure into the interior of the cap is directed, as it passes through the closure, away from the duct.

Abstract: A radio transmitting apparatus wherein when both a first data and a second data, which has a greater importance than the first data, are placed in a single block, the BER characteristic of the second data can be well maintained. In this apparatus, a modulating part (101-1) modulates a first data sequence to generate a first data symbol, while a modulating part (101-2) modulates a second data sequence to generate a second data symbol. A placing part (102) places both the first data symbol and the second data sequence in each of blocks constituting a single carrier signal. At this moment, the placing part (102) places, in the single block, the first data at both ends of the block, while placing the second data, which has the greater importance than the first data, at the center of the block. A CP adding part (103) adds, to the head of the block in which the first and second data symbols are placed, a rear end portion of that block as CP.

Abstract: An audio data transmitting/receiving apparatus for realizing a high-quality frame compensation in audio communications. In an audio data transmitting apparatus (10), a delay part (104) subjects multi-channel audio data to a delay process that delays the L-ch encoded data relative to the R-ch encoded data by a predetermined delay amount. A multiplexing part (106) multiplexes the audio data as subjected to the delay process. A transmitting part (108) transmits the audio data as multiplexed. In an audio data receiving apparatus (20), a separating part (114) separates, for each channel, the audio data received from the audio data transmitting apparatus (10). A decoding part (118) decodes, for each channel, the audio data as separated. If there has occurred a loss or error in the audio data as separated, then a frame compensating part (120) uses one of the L-ch and R-ch encoded data to compensate for the loss or error in the other encoded data.

Abstract: A light source, an objective lens, and an astigmatism generation element producing for light for focus control, and an optical receiver are provided. The astigmatism generation element is interposed between the objective lens and the optical receiver and produces focal points in front of and behind the optical receiver within two mutually orthogonal cross-sectional planes including an optical axis of the reflected light. The astigmatism generation element is a Fresnel mirror that has a plurality of orbicular zones and steps connecting adjacent orbicular zones to each other and that takes the orbicular zones as reflecting mirrors. A depth “d” of the steps is set substantially one-half of a wavelength ?, and a depth d1 of the innermost orbicular zone of the orbicular zones is made larger than the depth d of the steps. The influence of the steps of the Fresnel mirror is minimized, so that a superior servo characteristic can be exhibited.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making an aluminum alloy product having a gauge below 200 ?m. It also relates to an aluminum alloy product having a gauge below the same value and to containers for food packaging application made from the aluminum alloy product. The invention is process of manufacturing an aluminum alloy comprising the following steps: continuous casting an aluminum alloy melt of the following composition, (in weight %): Fe 1.0-1.8, Si 0.3-0.8, Mn up to 0.25, other elements less than or equal to 0.05 each and less than or equal to 0.15 in total, balance aluminum, cold rolling the cast product without an interanneal step to a gauge below 200 ?m and final annealing the cold rolled product.

Abstract: A down-sampler 101 down-samples the sampling rate of an input signal from sampling rate FH to sampling rate FL. A base layer coder 102 encodes the sampling rate FL acoustic signal. A local decoder 103 decodes coding information output from base layer coder 102. An up-sampler 104 raises the sampling rate of the decoded signal to FH. A subtracter 106 subtracts the decoded signal from the sampling rate FH acoustic signal. An enhancement layer coder 107 encodes the signal output from subtracter 106 using a decoding result parameter output from local decoder 103.

Abstract: A method and device to assist in the piloting of an aircraft in a landing phase may apply a maximum braking of the aircraft if there is a risk of longitudinal departure from a runway.

Abstract: A slot-in type disk apparatus in which a base body and a lid constitute a chassis sheath, a disk-insertion opening is formed in a front surface of the chassis sheath, a traverse base is disposed on a front surface side of the base body, a rear base is disposed on a rear surface side of the base body, a printed board is provided between the rear base and the base body, and a link arm is disposed between the rear base and the printed board, wherein an opening is formed in a portion of the rear base, a folded piece which is folded toward the opening is formed on a portion of the link arm, a space is formed on the side of the printed board by the folded piece, and a part to be mounted on the printed board is disposed such as to correspond to the space.

Abstract: Provided are a radio communication terminal device, a radio communication control station device, and a radio communication method capable of effectively managing a radio resource allocated to a terminal and context such as registration information when the terminal compatible with a plurality of different RATs moves between the RATs. According to them, when the WLAN Network control unit (110) detects the WLAN In Service state while the terminal (100) is connected to a Cellular Network, a RAT switching control unit (109) controls to switch the connection from the Cellular Network to the WLAN Network. When a timer (1) in the Cellular Network control unit (101) has expired, a registration update request is transmitted to the Cellular Network by using the WLAN and the Cellular Network exchange station updates the registration, thereby holding the context such as the registration information in the Cellular Network.

Abstract: A single controllable switch (509) drive system for regulating the speed of a two-phase switched reluctance machine (TPSRM) (700) rotor may include a speed control feedback loop (970) component that uses an established speed control signal and a signal indicative of the rotor's speed to dynamically adjust a first parameter. And a current control feedback loop (976) component that uses an established current control signal and a signal indicative of the current flowing through a stator winding (505,508) of the TPSRM to dynamically adjust a second parameter.

Abstract: A flame detector is provided. A circuit board is disposed in a housing. A first light source emits first light. A light guide member comprised of translucent material guides the first light from the first light source to a light emission portion of the light guide member. A first light receiving element detects second light having a predetermined wavelength unique to the flames. A second light source emits third light to a translucent cover which is disposed between an opening of the housing and the first light receiving element. A second light receiving element detects the third light passed through the translucent cover to test the translucency. The first light source, the second light source and the second light receiving element are mounted on the circuit board. The light emission portion is formed into a substantially annular shape which encloses the first light receiving element at a front side of the housing to limit a field of view of the first light receiving element to a predetermined range.

Abstract: A sliding element comprises at least one surface for sliding contact with a running face, wherein a wear layer and a run-in layer made from carbon are applied to the surface, and is characterized in that the run-in layer comprises hydrogen and nanocrystalline carbide phases. In a method for manufacturing a sliding element, the run-in layer is applied by means of a PVD process. A sliding system has an above-described sliding element and a body having a running face. A coating for a sliding element comprises a wear layer which can be applied to the upper side of the sliding element, and a run-in layer which is configured as a carbon layer, and is characterized in that the run-in layer comprises hydrogen and nanocrystalline carbide phases.