Abstract: The present disclosure relates the use of a beta blocker for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of hemangiomas, for example of infantile hemangiomas. The beta blocker may be a non-selective beta-blocker, for example propranolol. The present disclosure provides an alternative to the known compounds, e.g. corticosteroids, interferon or vincristine, generally used for the treatment of hemangiomas.

Abstract: A remote control signal generation device for converting a primary remote control signal compliant to one code system into a secondary remote control signal compliant to another code system, includes an exterior member having shape and size suitable for being held in a battery holder, instead of one of the plural number of batteries, a converter section, responsive to the exterior member being held in the battery holder to convert the supplied voltage into an output voltage corresponding to the rated electromotive force, a primary remote control signal detection section for detecting the primary remote control signal, a signal code conversion processing section for generating the secondary remote control signal compliant to the another code system corresponding to the primary remote control signal detected by the primary remote control signal detection section, and a secondary remote control signal transmission section for transmitting the secondary remote control signal.

Abstract: A head up display device for a vehicle, includes a display, a reflective member, a stepping motor, and a control part. The reflective member reflects an image displayed by the display and projects the image onto a projection member, thereby displaying a virtual image. The stepping motor rotates the reflective member to adjust a display position of the virtual image. A stabilization point, at which detent torque of the stepping motor is maximized, is defined as a target rotation angle of a magnet rotor. The control part performs normal rotation control that controls amplitude of a drive signal to rotate the magnet rotor to the target rotation angle. After the control part performs the normal rotation control, the control part performs application continuation control that continues application of the drive signal for a predetermined period, with the amplitude of the drive signal at the target rotation angle being maintained.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate having an alignment mark, methods of aligning wafers and fabricating semiconductors. An alignment method of a wafer comprises providing a wafer on a wafer stage of a photolithography apparatus, irradiating light to the alignment mark, collecting reflected light from the alignment mark, analyzing optical information of the collected light, and determining a location of the wafer based on the analyzed optical information, wherein the wafer comprises a first surface having an alignment mark, the alignment mark including a first plurality of alignment patterns in a first row, and a second plurality of alignment patterns in a second row, the second plurality of alignment patterns being adjacent to the first plurality of alignment patterns, wherein the first plurality of alignment patterns are arranged in a row direction at a first pitch, and the second plurality of alignment patterns are arranged in the row direction at a second pitch different from the first pitch.

Abstract: Methods for managing the heat in an electric battery, including, when recharging said battery, preconditioning at an average temperature T0 and, when using said battery, determining the difference ?T1 between the temperatures of the hottest element and of the coolest element and as the absolute value ?T2 of the difference between the temperature T0 and the average temperature T of said battery. The method includes, when the difference ?T1 is lower than a first setpoint C1, deactivating the circulating device and as the heat-conditioning devices and, when the difference ?T1 is higher than a first setpoint C1 or when the difference ?T2 is higher than a second setpoint C2, activating the fluid-circulating device while keeping the heat-conditioning devices deactivated if the difference ?T2 is lower than the second setpoint C2, or while activating a heat-conditioning device if the difference ?T2 is higher than the second setpoint C2.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for image processing are disclosed, each of which obtains a mark from image data, detects additional information in the mark, determines whether the mark is detected in the mark to generate a determination result, and controls processing performed by an image processing apparatus with respect to the image data based on the determination result.

Abstract: An volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional location of the electrode at the time of the sensing or measurement. Therefore, a map of a volume can be determined based upon the sensing of the plurality of points without the use of other imaging devices. An implantable medical device can then be navigated relative to the mapping data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system to separate, enrich, and/or purify a cellular population from a biological tissue, such as a tissue sample. For example, an adipose tissue sample can be acquired and disrupted. The disrupted tissue sample can then be separated and purified. The separated components can include multipotent, pluripotent, or other cell populations.

Abstract: A MEMS sensor formed by processing a multi-layer wiring structure, includes: a movable weight portion coupled to a fixed frame portion with an elastic deformable portion and having a hollow portion formed at the periphery; a capacitance electrode portion including a fixed electrode portion fixed to the fixed frame portion and a movable electrode portion connected to the movable weight portion and arranged to face the fixed electrode portion; and an adjusting layer for adjusting at least one of amass of the movable weight portion, a damping coefficient of the movable electrode portion, and spring characteristics in the elastic deformable portion, wherein the adjusting layer includes at least one insulating layer that is a constituent element of the multi-layer wiring structure.

Abstract: Example embodiments may provide a magnetic memory device. The example embodiment magnetic memory devices may include a plurality of memory tracks, bit lines, connectors, a first input portion, and/or selectors. The memory track(s) may be stacked on a substrate to form a multi-stack. A plurality of magnetic domains may be formed in the memory track so that a data bit may be represented by a magnetic domain and may be stored in an array. The bit line(s) may be formed along respective memory tracks. The connector(s) may form a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) cell with one data bit region of the memory track. The first input portion may be electrically connected to each memory track and may input a magnetic domain motion signal to move data stored on a data bit region of the memory track to an adjoining data bit region. The selector(s) may select a memory track from a plurality of memory tracks on which a reading and/or writing operation may to be performed.

Abstract: In a lighting device, a light source emits light. A second sandwiching member includes a second opposed surface opposing a first opposed surface of a first sandwiching member. The first sandwiching member and the second sandwiching member sandwich the light source in such a manner that the light source is detachably attached to the first sandwiching member and the second sandwiching member. A reflection member is provided on the first opposed surface of the first sandwiching member and the second opposed surface of the second sandwiching member to reflect the light emitted by the light source toward an irradiation region on an original document sheet. A positioning member is provided in the first opposed surface of the first sandwiching member and the second opposed surface of the second sandwiching member to position the light source with respect to the reflection member.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device is provided with a gray scale conversion section which converts a gray scale conveyed by an input video signal into a gray scale value of a high gray scale region, and then outputs it to the liquid crystal drive device if the gray scale value of the input video signal is of a low gray scale region.

Abstract: ONU 2A for P-P includes a signal-type discriminating unit 22A that discriminates whether a type of a downstream signal transmitted from OLT is for the P-P or not, and outputs an enable/disable control signal that controls an optical transmitter to an enable state or a disable state, and a control unit 21 that controls the optical transmitter to the enable state or the disable state according to the enable/disable control signal, wherein the signal-type discriminating unit 22A outputs to the control unit 21 a disable control signal that controls the optical transmitter to the disable state under an initial state before the type of the downstream signal is discriminated, and outputs to the control unit 21 an enable control signal that controls the optical transmitter to the enable state after the downstream signal is discriminated to be for the P-P.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip is provided comprising a semiconductor substrate on which an integrated circuit is formed. The semiconductor chip, which is provided on the semiconductor substrate in an area array, further comprises a plurality of electrodes electrically coupled with the inside of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the electrodes are arranged into a plurality of first groups respectively lined along a plurality of paralleling first straight lines and, further, into a plurality of second groups respectively lined along a plurality of second straight lines which extend so as to intersect with the first straight lines.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes switching, at the base station, from a sleep state to a receive active state to detect whether service should be provided for an authorized mobile terminal. The base station disables transmission and associated processing and disables reception and associated processing in the sleep state. The base station disables transmission and associated processing in the receive active state, and the base station enables reception and associated processing in the receive active state. The method further includes switching, at the base station, from the receive active state to a full active state if the base station detects that service should be provided for an authorized mobile terminal. The base station enables transmission and associated processing and enables reception and associated processing in the full active state.

Abstract: A semiconductor package may include a substrate having first and second surfaces, the second surface including a recessed portion, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the first surface, a first ball land outside the recessed portion, a connection pad inside the recessed portion, a second chip in the recessed portion, the second semiconductor chip including a through via electrically connected to the connection pad, and a second ball land electrically connected to the through via. A semiconductor package may include a substrate having first and second surfaces, the second surface including a recessed portion, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the first surface, a first ball land outside the recessed portion, a connection pad inside the recessed portion, a second semiconductor chip in the recessed portion, the second chip including a through via electrically connected to the connection pad, and a second ball land electrically connected to the through via.

Abstract: A grounding strip is described configured to be installed along an edge portion of a substrate for establishing electrical grounding contact between the substrates and a card guide. The grounding strip includes integral grounding members. Each grounding member includes opposing sidewall portions defining a channel configured to receive the edge portion of the substrate therein. The sidewall portions of each grounding member are configured to engage the substrate when the edge portion of the substrate is received in the channel to help retain the edge portion of the substrate in the channel. Each grounding member also includes a contact element disposed generally over the channel. The contact element is integrally formed with at least one of the opposing sidewall portions of the grounding member and is configured to establish electrical contact with the card guide when the grounding strip is installed to the substrate and located in the card guide.

Abstract: A document input module (2) for the input of documents (9, 91, 92, 93) having at least one MICR section (10), with a reading head (3) to read the at least one MICR section (10) relative to a system (8) of input documents (9, 91, 92, 93), characterized in that the document input module (2) has at least one further reading head (4, 5, 6) to read different formats and input positions of input documents (9, 91, 92, 93).

Abstract: A LIN receiver includes a voltage divider that divides an input voltage and outputs the divided voltage, and a peak hold circuit that outputs a peak voltage of the input voltage. The LIN receiver is configured to generate a threshold voltage to be used for determining a voltage signal of a communication bus. The threshold voltage is generated from a voltage signal of the communication bus such that the peak value of the voltage signal (i.e., equivalent to a battery voltage) is held by the peak hold circuit and divided by the voltage divider. Although the communication bus is connected to an on-vehicle battery of which voltage varies with time, by using the voltage signal of the communication bus, a 5V system ECU can generate a threshold voltage which varies responding to the variation of the battery voltage. Hence, the voltage signal can be determined correctly as either high or low level.

Abstract: An aiming system for use with a weapon is provided and may include a processor, at least one sensor in communication with the processor, and a memory in communication with the processor. The aiming system may also include a display in communication with the processor that displays a corrected-aiming point based on at least one simulated bullet trajectory and at least one simulated bullet impact location determined by the processor.