Abstract: In a cutting insert of the invention, a protruded portion formed on an upper surface lying more inward than a breaker groove along a corner comprises a breaker projection adjacentmost to the corner; a breaker wall face formed connectedly with the breaker projection so as to project more upward than the breaker projection; and a breaker side face formed connectedly with the breaker wall face. The breaker wall face is formed to have a smaller width toward the projecting direction of the breaker wall face, and inclined to have a higher position as it departs from the corner. The breaker side face is formed to have a larger width as it departs from the corner. The height of the breaker projection is not more than half of the height of the top of the breaker wall face, and is lower than the height of the cutting edge along the corner. A cutting method using a cutting tool comprising the cutting insert is also provided.

Abstract: A lens that covers the front side of an eye, includes: a high light-transmissive region including an eyepoint; and a low light-transmissive region surrounding the entire circumference of the high light-transmissive region, a light blocking ratio in the low light-transmissive region being higher than the light blocking ratio in the high light-transmissive region, wherein the low light-transmissive region has a region where the light blocking ratio changes toward the periphery.

Abstract: A stand having a stand head for holding an object, having a stand column which supports the stand head and stands with its lower end on the ground, having at least one support leg which stands with its free end on the ground and supports the stand column, having a first joint which connects the support legs to the stand column in a movable fashion, such that the inclination of the stand column can be set by means of an adjustment of the first joint, and having a detachable leg locking arrangement which locks the support leg in a defined position relative to the stand column, wherein a counterweight is attached to the lower end of the stand column.

Abstract: A connection terminal has, on an upper surface of a first dielectric layer, a first line conductor and a first grounding line conductor provided adjacent to both sides of the first line conductor, and has, on an upper surface of a third dielectric layer, a third line conductor and a third grounding line conductor provided adjacent to both sides of the third line conductor. These conductors are connected to a second line conductor and a second grounding line conductor provided adjacent to both sides of the second line conductor, respectively, the second line conductor and the second grounding line conductor being provided on an upper surface of a second dielectric layer. It is possible to obtain the connection terminal having a small size and capable of complying with a high-frequency signal.

Abstract: The present invention is summarized as a radio communication method including the steps of: calculating a transmission power difference between transmission power values of the first carrier and the second carrier; determining whether the transmission power difference exceeds a threshold set on the basis of a maximum transmission power difference allowable between the first carrier and the second carrier; and stopping a transmission of reverse link data using one of the first carrier and the second carrier with a larger transmission power for a certain period in a case where the transmission power difference exceeds the threshold set on the basis of the maximum transmission power difference.

Abstract: A method for reading images of a base of a plate provided with at least one well containing a culture medium of micro-organisms includes: i) forming a opaquing layer covering a surface of the culture medium to form a reading base; and ii) imaging, at specific time intervals, the base of the well using an imaging optical device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to microporous membranes that include first and second layers. The first layer includes ?20.0 wt. % polymethylpentene and the second layer includes a compatibilizer. The invention also relates to methods for making such membranes and the use of such membranes as battery separator film.

Abstract: A circuit substrate includes a base and conductive layers disposed on lower and upper surfaces of the substrate. The base includes resin layers and the conductive layers overlapping with each other in a plan view. The resin layers include first resin layers and a second resin layer interposed between the first resin layers. The first resin layer has a filler and the second resin layer has no filler or a filler whose amount is 1 volume % or less and smaller than an amount of the filler in the first resin layer.

Abstract: A method of lowering blood cholesterol in a non-diabetic patient by at least 30% is described. The method involves orally administering for 30 consecutive days a fenugreek seed extract composition. Various methods of preparation and various formulations are described. Physiologically effective pharmaceutical compositions and beverages containing fenugreek seed extracts and other active components are also disclosed.

Abstract: A liquid jetting device includes a plurality of nozzles. A driving signal generated by a driving signal generating section is applied to a charge-discharge actuator in correspondence with each nozzle to jet liquid from the nozzle. A charging source potential preliminary adjusted wave-form signal is pulse modulated and electrically amplified using a charging source potential transistor pair connected in a push-pull configuration, and output by a ripple filter to a collector of a charge-use transistor of the driving signal generating section to make a preliminary adjustment to the charging source potential for the driving signal generating section.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods and systems for analyzing microarray data. The method includes the general steps of providing microarray data, normalizing the data using a least trimmed squares regression, and then analyzing the normalized microarray data to obtain a desired result such as an expression profile. There is also disclosed a method of subdividing an array into subarrays before normalization. This approach provides a method for improving measurement accuracy and salvaging array data from arrays containing minor defects. Also disclosed is a Probe-Treatment-Reference (PTR) model for streamlining normalization and summarization of microarray data by allowing multiple references. Other aspects of the present invention include computer systems and computer readable media encoding methods of the present invention.

Abstract: A microporous membrane comprising (a) from 40 to 60% of a first polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight of from 3×105 to 3.5×105 and a molecular weight distribution of from 5 to 50, (b) from 20 to 40% of a first polypropylene having a weight average molecular weight of from 0.9×106 to 1.1×106, a molecular weight distribution of from 1 to 50, and a heat of fusion of from to 120 J/g, (c) from 10 to 25% of a second polypropylene having a weight average molecular weight of from 5.7 to 105 to 6.6×105, a molecular weight distribution of from 5 to 50, and a heat of fusion of from 80 to 120 J/g, and (d) from 0 to 10% of a second polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight of from 1×106 to 3×106 and a molecular weight distribution of from 5 to 50, percentages based on the mass of the membrane.

Abstract: Digital multilevel memory systems and methods include a charge pump for generating regulated high voltages for various memory operations. The charge pump may include a plurality of pump stages. Aspects of exemplary systems may include charge pumps that performs orderly charging and discharging at low voltage operation conditions. Additional aspects may include features that enable state by state pumping, for example, circuitry that avoids cascaded short circuits among pump stages. Each pump stage may also include circuitry that discharges its nodes, such as via self-discharge through associated pump interconnection(s). Further aspects may also include features that: assist power-up in the various pump stages, double voltage, shift high voltage levels, provide anti-parallel circuit configurations, and/or enable buffering or precharging features, such as self-buffering and self-precharging circuitry.

Abstract: A method of transmitting authorization messages to a plurality of mobile receivers comprises the steps of defining at least one set of authorization messages, a first part of which, forming a first message category, is intended for a first group of mobile receivers, a second part of which, forming a second message category, is intended for a second group of mobile receivers; creating a first authorization message packet containing at least the first part of the set of authorization messages; creating a second authorization message packet containing at least the second part of the set of authorization messages; transmitting the first authorization message packet over a first service, without previously sending information indicating to which mobile receivers the message packets are directed; and transmitting the second authorization message packet over a second service without previously sending information indicating to which mobile receivers the message packets are directed.

Abstract: A therapeutic drug for psychoneurotic disorders, which is useful for therapies of psychoneurotic disorders, especially restless legs syndrome is disclosed. The therapeutic drug for psychoneurotic disorders according to the present invention comprises as an effective ingredient an opioid ? receptor agonist compound (excluding pentazocine) such as (?)-17-(cyclopropylmethyl)-3,14?-dihydroxy-4,5?-epoxy-6?[N-methyl-trans-3-(3-furyl)acrylamide]morphinan hydrochloric acid salt.

Abstract: Provided herein is a label creating apparatus including: a memory unit to associate and memory a first character or graphic with a second character or graphic that has a pairwise relationship with the first character or graphic; an input unit to allow inputting the first character or graphic; a display unit to display according to the first character or graphic input with the input unit the second character or graphic memory in the memory unit; and a printing unit to print the first character or graphic that has been input and the second character or graphic that has been displayed. The label creating apparatus creates a pair of labels on which the characters or graphics that have a pairwise relationship are respectively printed.

Abstract: To provide a multi-layer piezoelectric element having high strength against breakage, high insulation and excellent displacement performance, and an injection apparatus that incorporates the same. The multi-layer piezoelectric element comprising a stack 4 constituted from a plurality of piezoelectric layers 1 stacked one on another via internal electrode layers 2, wherein at least a part of peripheral areas 31, that are disposed between two piezoelectric layers 1, 1 located adjacently in the stacking direction and are located between an edge 2a of the internal electrode layer 2 and side face 4a of the stack 4, is dispersed areas where a plurality of metallic regions are dispersed via voids 21.

Abstract: A polishing pad forms a planar surface on glass, semiconductors, dielectric material/metal composites and integrated circuits, as well as a polishing apparatus where it is difficult for the surface of the substrate to be scratched, the state of polishing can be accurately measured optically during polishing, and whether or not the entire surface of the workpiece is uniformly polished can be measured.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for processing a moving image, the device including: a selection unit which selects an image group composed of a plurality of still images including a target image from the moving image, according to specified information for specifying the target image among the plurality of still images included in the moving image; an acquisition unit which performs an acquisition process of acquiring the plurality of still images included in the image group from the moving image; and a synthesis unit which performs a synthesis process of synthesizing the plurality of acquired still images and generating a high-resolution image of the target image having a pixel density higher than that of the target image, wherein the selection unit has a function for performing selection by a first mode for selecting the target image and a still image which is located behind the target image in time-series order.