Abstract: A method for selectively etching a silicon-containing film on a silicon substrate is disclosed. The method includes depositing a silicon-containing film on the silicon substrate. The method further includes baking the silicon-containing film to create a densified silicon-containing film, wherein the densified film has a first thickness. The method also includes exposing the silicon substrate to an aqueous solution comprising NH4F and HF in a ratio of between about 6:1 and about 100:1, at a temperature of between about 20° C. and about 50° C., and for a time period of between about 30 seconds and about 5 minutes; wherein between about 55% and about 95% of the densified silicon-containing film is removed.

Abstract: An optical disk includes a substrate covered with an information recording layer. The information recording layer includes a recording material and a dispersion material dispersed in the recording material. The recording material absorbs recording light for recording information, and then generates heat. As the light refraction index of the recording material changes due to the heat generation, information is recorded on the recording material. The dispersion material has lower absorptance of the recording light and lower thermal conductivity than the recording material, and an external dimension smaller than a diffraction limit of reading light for reading information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reinforced structure comprising a cementitious matrix and zinc coated metal elements. The structure comprises at least at the interface of the zinc coated metal elements and the cementitious matrix a compound selected from the group consisting of the imidazoles, the triazoles and the tetrazoles. The invention further relates to a zinc coated metal element for the reinforcement of a cementitious matrix and to a method to inhibit hydrogen gas evolution at the interface of zinc coated metal elements embedded in a cementitious matrix.

Abstract: One embodiment of the invention relates to an adjustable cart including a upper platform with a front portion and a back portion, a lower platform with a front portion and a back portion, rolling members for movably supporting the lower platform, a first supporting member connected to the back portion of the lower platform, and a first rotational pivot structure connecting the first supporting member to the back portion of the upper platform to permit pivoting about a first pivot location. The upper platform is configured to rotate about the first rotational pivot structure from a first position substantially parallel to the lower platform to a second position substantially perpendicular to the lower platform during which the first pivot location moves away from the lower platform.

Abstract: Isotopically labeled alpha-keto acids and esters are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing isotopically labeled alpha-keto acids and esters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bituminous binder composition comprising: (a) 60-99.75 wt. % bitumen; (b) 0.05-5.0 wt. % of an elastomer; (c) 0.1-30.0 wt. % of a mono-alkyl ester of a vegetate e oil or an animal oil; and (d) 0.1-5.0 of an amide additive; based on the total weight of the bituminous binder composition, and a process for preparing the bituminous binder composition. The inventions further relates to the use of the bituminous binder composition in surface dressing, in particular road construction, road renovation, joint filling and sealing purposes.

Abstract: A direction estimating section estimates the incoming direction of a radio wave from an RFID tag in each of antennas. A position calculating section calculates the position of the RFID tag on the basis of the incoming direction of the radio wave estimated in the direction estimating section.

Abstract: A slide assembly for use on a forming turret in a machine line that forms articles, such as cans, comprises a fixed rail, a slide block configured to slide in the rail, and an adaptor that is mounted to the rail. The slide assembly is configured to provide at least a 4.0 inch or more stroke that is stable and minimizes shaking or other movement. The slide assembly is designed such that ends of at least one of the adaptor and rail remain rigid during the stroke operation.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of interleukin-6 (IL-6) related diseases, comprising an interleukin-6 antagonist (IL-6 antagonist) and immunosuppressants. The IL-6 antagonist is preferably an antibody to an interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R).

Abstract: In a seat slide device applicable to an automotive vehicle, a lock mechanism includes: a lock arm disposed on an upper rail to be pivotable around a pivotal center axis; lock pawls formed on the lock arm along the elongate direction of the upper rail; lock holes formed on a lower rail and the upper rail, the lock pawls being inserted through the lock holes to lock the upper rail with respect to the lower rail; a pair of slits formed at predetermined front-and-rear positions of a side surface of the upper rail; and a bearing bracket, the bearing bracket and the lock arm being disposed within an enclosed space between the upper rail and the lower rail and including a pair of bearing portions and both ends of the lock arm and the pair of bearing portions being disposed within inner spaces defined by the pair of slits.

Abstract: A treatment method and apparatus for providing a substance to be absorbed onto a surface of a patient's skin, includes applying the substance onto the surface of the patient's skin by way of a probe head that provides, at the same time: i) bursts of electrical pulses to the skin surface, and ii) vibrations to the skin surface. The vibrations are applied to the skin surface at substantially a same frequency rate, a first harmonic of the same frequency rate, and/or a second harmonic of the same frequency rate, as a burst rate of electrical pulses being applied to the skin surface.

Abstract: A memory tag responsive to a signal generated by a reader, the tag comprising a resonant circuit part having a resonant frequency, the resonant frequency of the resonant circuit part being variable in accordance with data to be transmitted being variable to transmit data to the reader.

Abstract: A display order deciding unit decides the display order upon displaying a telephone directory on the basis of setting if the telephone directory is displayed in the display order in response to a usage frequency or in the alphabetical order by a learning function setting unit, the information about the number of callings stored in a count storing unit, setting of the display mode of the telephone directory (by a day of the week) by a display mode selecting unit, and the information of a day of the week that is recognized by a day recognizing unit, and manages it in a display order managing unit. Upon displaying the telephone directory, an information display unit displays the information that is managed by the display order managing unit.

Abstract: A seating and cargo system (50) for a vehicle (10) is disclosed having a generally horizontal floor (16) and one or more generally vertical frame members (18). A panel (20) is mounted transverse to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle (10) and pivotally coupled to the frame members (18). A seat back (52) is coupled to the panel (20) and has a lower end engaging a seat bottom (54). An optimal support member (70) is coupled to the seat bottom (54) and engages the floor section (16) of the vehicle (10) and another support member (62) is coupled to the lower end of the seat back (52) and to the bottom portion of the panel (20).

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds which bind VLA-4. Certain of these compounds also inhibit leukocyte adhesion and, in particular, leukocyte adhesion mediated by VLA-4. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases in a mammalian patient, e.g., human, such as asthma, Alzheimer's disease, antherosclerosis. AIDS dementia, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tissue transplantation, tumor metastasis and myocardial ischemia. The compounds can also be administered for the treatment of inflammatory brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: The power supply unit comprises a power supply circuit accommodating chamber A and an arithmetic circuit accommodating chamber B partitioned from each other by a partition wall, and power supply circuit substrates 7 and 8 and an arithmetic circuit substrate 12 are accommodated in the power supply circuit accommodating chamber A and the arithmetic circuit accommodating chamber B, respectively. A connector of the power supply circuit substrate 8 and a connector of the arithmetic circuit substrate 12 are connected to each other through the partition wall of the power supply circuit accommodating chamber A and the arithmetic circuit accommodating chamber B.

Abstract: In a radio apparatus including a transmitter unit and an antenna unit, a detector is located in the vicinity of an antenna in the antenna unit rather than in the transmitter unit. The detector supplies a rectified signal from a transmission wave which is to be radiated from the antenna and the rectified signal is supplied to a control circuit in the transmission unit as a feedback component. A control signal is then determined by the control circuit based on the rectified signal and supplied to a variable attenuator to increase/decrease power of the transmission wave.