Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the transmission of digitized audio information of high quality and with a short delay, in particular processes for the transmission of digitized audio information in an audio pickup (microphone) and/or playback path. According to the invention there is proposed a channel filter which is used to shape the high frequency spectrum of the transmission, wherein the spectrum has no attenuation in a first range of about 100 to 300 kHz useful bandwidth and in a range outside the first range it has a stop-band attenuation of particularly preferably more than 60 dB or more than 80 dB.

Abstract: Amino-1,3,5-triazines N-substituted with chiral bicyclic radicals, process for their preparation, compositions thereof, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators. The invention relates to an optically active compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein the various symbols are as defined in the description, to processes for their preparation, to compositions thereof, and to their use as herbicides or plant growth regulators. The invention also relates to novel intermediates of formula (III), (V) and (XIII) as defined in the description.

Abstract: A memory architecture that employs one or more semiconductor PIN diodes is provided. The memory employs a substrate that includes a buried bit/word line and a PIN diode. The PIN diode includes a non-intrinsic semiconductor region, a portion of the bit/word line, and an intrinsic semiconductor region positioned between the non-intrinsic region and the portion of the bit/word line.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds for the inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases, and more particularly, to chromenone derivatives of formula (Ia), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and A have the meanings indicated in the claims. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compounds of formula (Ia), to methods of inhibiting cyclin-dependent kinases and of inhibiting cell proliferation, to the use of the compounds of formula (Ia) in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases, which can be treated or prevented by the inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases such as cancer, to the use of the compounds of formula (Ia) in the preparation of medicaments to be applied in such diseases.

Abstract: An optical system for arranging between a light source and a field diaphragm in an illumination beam path of a microscope comprises n imaging optical elements with focal lengths fi and Abbe numbers ?i (i=1, . . . , n). The following relationship is met for the optical system: ? i = 1 n ? h i f i · v i ? 0.07 , where hi is one half of the bundle diameter of a bundle of light rays proceeding from a point of the light source at the entrance to the imaging optical element i.

Abstract: A channel unit has a first individual ink channel including a first nozzle and a first pressure chamber, and a second individual ink channel including a second nozzle and a second pressure chamber. The channels have a mutually identical channel structure. A piezoelectric actuator, in which a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer, and a pair of electrodes are stacked, is arranged on the upper surface of the channel unit. A portion of the piezoelectric layer facing the first pressure chamber is thinner than a portion facing the second pressure chamber. Accordingly, a liquid droplet-jetting apparatus is provided, in which the channel structure is simple, and the volumes of liquid droplets jetted from the first nozzle and the second nozzle respectively are different from each other.

Abstract: An ink which is supplied from an ink cartridge via an ink supply tube is stored in an ink tank, and is supplied to a recording head. The ink cartridge is detachably connected to the ink supply tube. At every predetermined time interval, a maintenance unit carries out an air discharge operation to discharge air accumulated in the ink tank, through an air discharge passage. Moreover, even at a time shorter than the predetermined time interval, when a frequency of replacement of the ink cartridge is higher than a predetermined value, the air discharge operation is carried out and the air accumulated in the ink tank is discharged.

Abstract: A sheet-member stacked structure produced by a method including one or more of the following steps: stacking lead frames on each other, and stacking sheet members of one lead frame on sheet members of another or other lead frame or frames, each lead frame including a frame portion, the sheet members, and bridge portions which connect sides of the sheet members; to an inner peripheral portion of the frame portion and one of its adjacent sheet member, or to respective one sides of its two adjacent sheet members; stacking sheet members on each other via an adhesive; and stacking sheet members on each other, the sheet members including a liquid-chamber sheet member formed of a rolled metal sheet and having liquid chambers arranged, separately from each other, in a direction perpendicular to a direction of rolling of the metal sheet.

Abstract: A recording head for use in an inkjet recording device, the recording head including a cavity unit having a plurality of nozzles each of which ejects a droplet of an ink, a plurality of communication holes which communicate with the plurality of nozzles, respectively, and a common ink chamber which communicate with each of the communication holes and which temporarily stores the ink to be supplied to the each of the nozzles via a corresponding one of the communication holes. The cavity unit has at least one inner wall surface which defines the common ink chamber and has respective open ends of the communication holes. The at least one inner wall surface further has a plurality of grooves each of which is connected, at one end thereof, to the open end of a corresponding one of the communication holes.

Abstract: A connecting terminal provided on a substrate and a connector provided on an electronic device are connected via a bump formed of a first member, which is formed of an anisotropic conductive paste including particles of a conductive material, and a second member which is different in conductivity from the first member. According to such a structure, since the anisotropic conductive paste which is softer as compared to a solder bump is used, stress applied to an interface between the bump and the connecting terminal is relaxed. Accordingly, reliability of connection can be assured even when using a substrate with large surface irregularities and/or bending, in which stress occurs relatively easily in a connection part of the bump and the connecting terminal.

Abstract: A trading system and method for trading forwards among a plurality of parties is presented. Among the features that the system implements are the following: counterparty enablement by forward term and/or region; a user selectable area on the monitor for executing again a trade that was just executed; a sweep trading feature for permitting a trader to sequentially aggress on a series of orders in the same forward; a spread-trading feature for allowing traders to directly trade on the difference between bid prices and offer prices for corresponding orders on a primary and secondary leg/link; providing a feature for joining orders wherein a trader may add a new bid or offer that has the same terms (e.g., price and quantity) of a perceived market best bid or offer; and enabling a party to make multiple bids and offers for the same forward within the same term at varying pricing.

Abstract: A method for testing a TMR element includes a step of measuring a plurality of resistances of the TMR element by feeding a plurality of sense currents with different current values each other through the TMR element, a step of calculating a ratio of change in resistance from the measured plurality of resistances of the TMR element, and a step of evaluating the TMR element using the calculated ratio of change in resistance.

Abstract: An acceleration sensor includes a housing member, a spring member attached to the housing member, a magnetic field generation member fixed to the housing member, and at least one magnetic field detection sensor and a weight member, fixed to the spring member so that the at least one magnetic field detection sensor faces the magnetic field generation member. The spring member has freedom in at least one direction of acceleration to be detected. The at least one magnetic field detection sensor is provided with at least one multi-layered MR element including a magnetization fixed layer and a magnetization free layer. A magnetic field is applied to the at least one multi-layered MR element from the magnetic field generation member in a direction substantially perpendicular to a lamination plane of the at least one multi-layered MR element when no acceleration is applied.

Abstract: The present invention provides an overflow drain assembly for a sanitary vessel, wherein the vessel includes a bottom surface and at least one side surface depending therefrom, such that the surfaces together define a reservoir for receipt and storage of fluid thereby and at least one ledge is provided along at least a portion of at least one vessel side surface. The overflow drain assembly comprises a fastening plate having an envelope with a top surface and a bottom surface defining a generally planar body that lies proximate the vessel ledge, and a tarp portion depending curvilinearly therefrom. The tarp portion has a generally planar bottom surface disposed adjacent at least a portion of at least one vessel side surface so as to define a fluid egress therebetween for delivery of fluid from the vessel reservoir to a waste conduit in fluid communication therewith.

Abstract: This invention provides for a method for preventing or interrupting the transmission of anthropod and mosquito-borne diseases from a first actual or putative amplifying or incipient host to a second actual or putative amplifying or incipient host, which comprises applying or administering a formulation comprising an effective amount of at least one 1-N-arylpyrazole to said first actual or putative amplifying host and/or actual or putative amplifying or incipient host. This invention also provides for a method of using a bait placed in a bird station, the bait comprises an affective amount of at least one 1-N-arylpyrazole either alone or in combination with an antiparasitic, antihelmintic, or insecticidal agents. This invention also provides for an apparatus for delivering an effective amount of a formulation according to the present invention to a bird or animal in an environment where it resides.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a test kit for performing this method for determining the volume of a sample of the liquid. In the method, a specific concentration of a chromophoric indicator is provided in this liquid, a sample is separated from the liquid, the optical absorption of the separated sample is measured, and the volume of the separated sample is determined by correlation of the measured optical absorption with the concentration of indicator in this liquid. Ions that generate a color in the sample by complexing with a specific ligand are used as the indicator to stain the liquid.

Abstract: The invention provides for thickeners for inks and coating materials, comprising polyurethanes, water, viscosity regulators, and, if desired, organic solvents, wherein said viscosity regulators comprise compounds of the general formula (I) R1—O—(SO)a—(EO)b—(PO)c—(BO)d-(DTO)e—R2 in which R1 and R2 independently of one another are one of the radicals from the group consisting of hydrogen, an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon radical which optionally is substituted and/or contains multiple bonds and/or contains heteroatoms, an aromatic radical which optionally is substituted and/or contains heteroatoms, an acyl radical, a carboxyacyl radical, and a carboxyalkyl radical, a=1 to 5, b=3 to 30, c=0 to 5, d=0 to 5, and e=0 to 5 where (a+c+d+e)<=b.

Abstract: This invention provides a DNA vaccine which comprises a naked DNA incorporating and expressing in vivo a nucleotide sequence encoding an antigenic polypeptide, preferably a gene of a pathogenic agent, and at least one adjuvant compound chosen from the polymers of acrylic or methacrylic acid and copolymers of maleic anhydride and alkenyl derivative. The adjuvant compound is preferably a carbomer or an EMA®. This invention also provides a method of enhancing a DNA vaccine and/or the immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine.

Abstract: Recombinant viruses containing DNA coding for a rabies virus antigen, such as rabies virus G are disclosed and claimed. The recombinant viruses can be NYVAC or ALVAC recombinant viruses. The recombinant viruses and gene products therefrom are useful for eliciting an immunological against rabies virus, and, the gene products and antibodies elicited thereby are useful in assays.