Abstract: A simplified process for flip-chip attachment of a chip to a substrate is provided by pre-coating the chip with an encapsulant underfill material having separate discrete solder columns therein to eliminate the conventional capillary flow underfill process. Such a structure permits incorporation of remeltable layers for rework, test, or repair. It also allows incorporation of electrical redistribution layers. In one aspect, the chip and pre-coated encapsulant are placed at an angle to the substrate and brought into contact with the pre-coated substrate, then the chip and pre-coated encapsulant are pivoted about the first point of contact, expelling any gas therebetween until the solder bumps on the chip are fully in contact with the substrate. There is also provided a flip-chip configuration having a complaint solder/flexible encapsulant understructure that deforms generally laterally with the substrate as the substrate undergoes expansion or contraction.

Abstract: Topical gelled compositions comprising a drug which causes vasodilation, and optionally prostaglandin E1, dispersed within a polymer matrix, and methods of treating sexual dysfunction, including both male and female sexual dysfunction, using said compositions.

Abstract: Apparatus for generating power using synthetic gas according to the present invention includes equipment constructed and arranged to reform a hydrocarbon gas, material or biogas produced from a source into synthetic gas. Supply means are provided for supplying hydrocarbon gas, material or biogas feedstock to a reformer contained in the equipment and the hydrocarbon material or biogas feedstock is produced by fuel producing apparatus by use of solar radiation. A gas turbine unit includes a compressor for producing compressed air, a combustor for combusting the synthetic gas and heating the compressed air to produce heated, compressed air, and a turbine coupled to a generator and to the compressor for expanding the heated, compressed air and producing power and hot exhaust gases.

Abstract: A device that produces an electron beam with high optical quality for processing a sample, is presented. The optical quality is manifested by very high brightness and low energy spread. The device includes an electron source device comprising an electrode in the form of a shaped first layer, preferably in the form of a conducting crater carrying at least one nanotube, and an extracting electrode, which is formed with at least one aperture and is insulated from the firs layer. The source can be used in any column that requires such properties. The column according to the invention may be a full size or a miniature electron microscope, a lithography tool, a tool used for direct writing of wafers or a field emission display.

Abstract: A stencil printing machine and a method carrying out a printing operation are disclosed wherein a print sheet is transferred through between an upstream printing drum and a press roller in a pressured state to transfer ink onto an upper surface of the print sheet and is then transferred through between a downstream printing drum and a press roller in a pressured state to transfer ink onto the other surface of the print sheet to perform a both sides printing operation. A printing-drum drive escape mechanism is located to shift the downstream printing drum to a drive escape position to interrupt rotation of the printing drum while retaining the press roller in a separated position away from the shifted printing drum in such a manner that the printing operation under such a condition in a one side printing mode is executed.

Abstract: There is disclosed an optical device in which a first light source for outputting a first wavelength light is apart from a second light source for outputting a second wavelength light by a predetermined distance. An information recording medium is irradiated with the first and second wavelength lights transmitted through a holographic optical element having first and second diffraction areas. The first and second diffraction areas are provided with grating arrangements in which grating axis directions are parallel to each other and grating pitches are different from each other. The first and second wavelength lights reflected by the information recording medium are transmitted through the holographic optical element and diffracted by the first and second diffraction areas.

Abstract: A plug for a power consumer is positioned centrally in a recess in a bottom of the power consumer and rests in a flange at an edge of the recess. The plug has a first portion and a second portion that can be rotated relative to each other about a common axis perpendicular to the bottom. The first portion of the plug has a plurality of fish plates extending outwardly from its sides, each fish plate having a recess. The second portion has a plurality of hooks, each having a protuberance. By rotation of the second portion relative to the first portion the protuberance of each hook is engaged in the recess of the respective corresponding fish plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, methods and kits that provide for the early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. More particularly, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing uteroglobin for preventing or inhibiting metastasis of lung tumor cells and methods of using the same to prevent or inhibit metastasis of lung tumor cells. The present invention also relates to methods and kits for early diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer by assaying for uteroglobin and comparing the results against control cells. The present invention also relates to methods and kits for detection of metastatic lung cancer by assaying for the presence of an aberrant form of uteroglobin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of controlling iron overload in a patient in need thereof. The present invention particularly relates to methods of treating hemochromatosis and other causes of iron overload.

Abstract: The present application provides a novel process for the industrial preparation of rice cooked under vacuum, comprising the steps of cleaning, scalding, cooling, draining, drying, frying, mixing with sauces and/or solids, packaging, maceration, and cooking and sterilizing, as described and claimed herein.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling an individual's body and temperature are provided. The system comprises a heat exchanger for transferring heat to or removing heat from portions of the individual's body surface, at least one BCT-sensing device for measuring the individual's actual BCT (aBCT) and emitting an aBCT data signal, at least one sensing device for measuring a parameter indicative of the heat transfer dynamics (HTD) between the body surface and the body's core, and emitting an HTD data signal, and a control module for receiving data signal from measuring devices, comprising the aBCT data signal and the HTD data signal, and for emitting a control signal for controlling heat exchange properties of the heat exchanger as a function of the data signals and a desired body core temperature (dBCT).

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising and methods of using an N-linked urea or carbamate of a heterocyclic thioester for treating a vision disorder, improving vision, treating memory impairment, or enhancing memory performance.

Abstract: Human herpes virus (HHV) 7 is capable of binding to the CD4 antigen and the HHV-7 or a binding protein derived therefrom is thus useful as a CD4-ligand for various therapeutic applications. HHV-6 or HHV-7 are lymphotropic and are thus useful as lymphotropic vectors for delivering DNA into lymphocytes.

Abstract: A stencil printing machine is provided with a paper feed section feeding a print sheet, which is allowed to have paper dusts thereon, in a paper feed path, and a print section to which the print sheet is transferred, and including a printing drum carrying thereon a stencil sheet having a perforated image area formed on the basis of image data and a rotary printing press member located in close proximity to an outer circumferential periphery of the printing drum to impart printing pressure thereto to allow the print sheet to be transferred in press contact between the printing drum and the rotary printing press member such that printing ink is transferred onto the print sheet to generate a desired image thereon through the perforated image area.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for range measurement by means of a signal transmitted in the direction of an object to be measured, wherein an echo signal, on which is superimposed a first reference pulse, is received by a receive device, wherein the echo signal is compared with a second reference signal that features a second reference pulse for determining a signal travel time, and wherein a first comparison value of the echo signal and a second comparison value of the second reference signal are compared with each other for determining an amplitude offset between the echo signal and the second reference signal, and these values, in regards to time, are before the first and second reference pulses in a region of the echo signal curve and of the second reference signal curve, respectively, and in these regions, these curves feature a slope that is at least approximately zero.

Abstract: An intralesional method for treating a hypertrophic scar or keloid using a cryoprobe. The method comprises: (a) inserting the cryoprobe into the hypertrophic scar or keloid so that the cryoprobe is positioned within the hypertrophic scar or keloid; and (b) introducing a cryogen into the cryoprobe thereby freezing the hypertrophic scar or keloid. The cryoprobe has a sealed distal end comprising a cutting tip. Also disclosed is a cryoprobe comprising an elongated, uninsulated housing having a sealed distal end and a proximal end. The housing comprises therein a cryogen inlet tube. The cryoprobe further comprises a cutting tip at the distal end of the housing and a cryogen vent adjacent to the proximal end and in fluid communication with the interior of the housing.

Abstract: A plurality of information sources are arranged on a network. An agent program is self-transferred to access the plurality of information sources for executing an information acquiring process. An information service 1 is connected with the network to store an access condition to the plurality of information sources. An agent program 3 is transferred to one of the plurality of information sources according to the access condition necessary for acquiring the information, when the agent program is inputted to the information service 1, and begins the information acquiring process to acquire the information.