Abstract: Clearance can be secured, the thrust of a bolt provided with a left-hand external screw thread is stabilized and the costs of component members are reduced in attaching a steering member to a body frame. A bolt-and-nut fastening mechanism includes a right-hand bolt 4 provided with a metal-to-metal contact locking mechanism 7 on a threaded part, a left-hand bolt 5 provided with an internal screw thread 8 with which the bolt engages, and a fixing nut 6 capable of engaging with the left-hand screw thread 9 of the left-hand bolt 5 or a member 14 provided with an internal screw thread with which the left-hand screw thread 9 of the left-hand bolt 5 engages. The locking mechanism 7 of the bolt 4 thrusts the left-hand bolt 5 forward so that the gap between the top surface 13 of the head of the left-hand bolt and an inner panel 2 is narrowed, and the head of the left-hand bolt 5 comes into contact with the inner panel 2 to define a clearance between a body frame and the bracket 3 of a steering member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal laminating film comprising: a base layer of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film and a thermal laminating layer disposed on the outer surface of the base layer, wherein the said thermal laminating layer comprises 100% by weight of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer containing from 10% to 30% by weight of vinyl acetate units and having melt flow index of 18 to 30 or polyethylene or EAA or a blend of all these.

Abstract: Customers corresponding to a consignor sending a package and a consignee receiving the package install home delivery boxes at their homes, respectively. Information can be transmitted and received through a network between customer terminals and a terminal of a home delivery carrier delivering the package. In the manner described herein, even if the consignor and the consignee are not at their homes, the home delivery carrier can unlock the home delivery boxes by using a memory card to pick up the package from and put the package into the boxes.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a compound semiconductor substrate. The method includes coating a plurality of spherical balls on a substrate, growing a compound semiconductor epitaxial layer on the substrate coated with the spherical balls while allowing voids to be formed under the spherical balls, and cooling the substrate on which the compound semiconductor epitaxial layer is grown so that the substrate and the compound semiconductor epitaxial layer are self-separated along the voids. The spherical ball treatment can reduce dislocation generations. In addition, because the substrate and the compound semiconductor epitaxial layer are separated through the self-separation, there is no need for laser lift-off process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a microencapsulated pigment in which pigment particles having cationic groups on their surfaces are coated with a polymer having repeating structural units derived from an anionic polymerizable surfactant having at least an anionic group, a hydrophobic group and a polymerizable group, and a microencapsulated pigment in which pigment particles having anionic groups on their surfaces are coated with a polymer having repeating structural units derived from a cationic polymerizable surfactant having a cationic group, a hydrophobic group and a polymerizable group. Further, the invention relates to a process for producing the microencapsulated pigment, an aqueous dispersion containing the microencapsulated pigment, and an ink jet recording ink containing the aqueous dispersion.

Abstract: A Bluetooth remote PTT (Push-To-Talk) and handsfree communication system and a method of providing the same are disclosed. The Bluetooth remote PTT and handsfree communication system includes a dongle, connected to the handset transceiver or the CDMA terminal, for toggling a transmission mode and a reception mode in accordance with a key signal transmitted from a PTT key device. The dongle transmits an audio signal outputted from the handset transceiver to a headset in the reception mode, and receives a voice signal transmitted from the headset in the transmission mode to output the received voice signal to the handset transceiver. The headset receives and outputs the audio signal transmitted from the dongle, receives an input of user's voice, and transmits the user's voice signal to the dongle. The PTT key device transmits the key signal for toggling the transmission/reception mode according to a user's manipulation to the dongle.

Abstract: A MIMO method based on distributed transmission sources for transmitting a downlink data stream between M transmitting antennas and a mobile terminal having P receiving antennas, M and P>1, channels from at least two transmitting antennas to one of receiving antennas have different multipath distributions, comprises transmitting a different sub-data stream of M sub-data streams from the M transmitting antennas respectively to the mobile terminal by using the same spreading code: estimating multipath channel matrix of channels from the M transmitting antennas to the receiving antenna, which use the spreading code: and processing transmitted signals corresponding to the M sub-data streams received by the receiving antenna based on the multipath channel matrix of each receiving antenna, to restore the downlink data stream.

Abstract: An energy signal processing system (10) includes a first shaft assembly (14) rotatable about an azimuth axis (16), and a second shaft assembly (18) coaxially mounted for rotation about the azimuth axis (16). The first shaft assembly (14) defines a zenith plane (20) inclined with respect to the azimuth axis (16). The system (10) includes an energy signal processing element (22) rotatable about a processing element axis (24) that intersects and is generally perpendicular to the azimuth axis (16), as well as a means for rotating the element (22) about the element axis (24) such that: energy signals travelling substantially along a preselected path axis (12) and impinging the energy signal processing element (22) are processed or deflected substantially along the azimuth axis (16); or vice versa; or energy signals generated by the energy signal processing element (22) are directed substantially along the preselected path axis (12).

Abstract: The contemplated invention relates to the field of synthesis of biologically active substances, namely to the synthesis of an acetate derivative of the main water-soluble ?-tocopherol metabolite known under the name of ?-CEHC, which is prepared by the acid-catalyzed reaction of condensation of trimethyl hydroquinone with linalool in boiling octane, using n-toluenesulfonic acid or (+)-camphor-10-sulfonic acid as the catalyst. The reaction is carried out for 3 hours at the trimethyl hydroquinone:linalool:catalyst mole ratio of 1:1:0.1. The forming product is acetylated with acetic anhydride in pyridine at room temperature for 0.5 hour, and then ozonized in acetone in the presence of Ba(OH)2, oxidized with Jones' reagent in acetone, and isolated on silica gel column chromatography. Said compound is an acetate derivative of the main ?-tocopherol metabolite—?-CEHC, for which high efficiency has been noted in treating disorders of the central nervous system.

Abstract: The method of fermentation with selected strains of B. trispora described in the present invention makes it possible to achieve lycopene yields higher than those currently described. The methods of isolation, purification and formulation are applicable to any natural source of lycopene, especially to submerged cultures of mucoral fungi of the genera Blakeslea, Choanephora, Phycomyces or Mucor. The method of extraction makes it possible to simplify the recovery process and increase the purity of the product, relative to the methods previously described. The methods of formulation provide high added value, since they make it possible to obtain stabilized preparations of lycopene for direct application in the food and pharmaceutical fields.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for the protection against electrical discharges of a conductive fixing element (4) of an aircraft, comprising a cap (2) made of non-conductive material and a washer (3) made of non-conductive material insulating the fixing element (4) from electrical discharges, said cap being an open receptacle with a cylindrical shape closed at one of its ends and open at the other end, comprising at the lower part of its inner face a thread (15), the washer (3) being retained by the fixing element (4), said washer (3) having a thread (5) on its outer face coupling with the complementary thread (15) in the lower area of the inner face of the cap (2), relative movements between the washer (3) and the cap (2) being prevented.

Abstract: A method for examining an electronic representation of an item for a watermark, the method including examining at least a first electronic representation of an item for a watermark in accordance with a first watermark definition, receiving a signal indicating that a second watermark definition is to be used for examining electronic representations, and examining at least a second electronic representation of an item for a watermark in accordance with the second watermark definition. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A magenta ink composition, wherein when the a* value in accordance with the CIE standard that is calculated from a visible absorption spectrum is 80 in a diluted aqueous solution with a dilution ratio of 10,000 or less, the b* value is ?29 or less.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a reflector comprising a substrate capable of reflecting light, characterized in that the reflector exhibits a gloss of less than 10% as determined when a light source is projected on the surface of the reflector at 60 degree. The reflector of the invention allows the light to be reflected uniformly and possesses a high reflectivity.

Abstract: Procedures to prevent the disconnection of a park of electricity generators from a network in the event of a voltage sag, through which, upon detection of the sag, the voltage travelling to the network is controlled in proportion to the magnitude of the sag; the active power produced by the park, rather than sent to the network, is thus diverted into to storage and/or energy dissipation equipment, keeping the park voltage at a nominal level. The invention also includes a device for carrying out procedures integrating a bypass, transformer, static inverter, static converter, capacitance and dissipation resistance unit, voltage sag detection circuit and control circuit.

Abstract: A water-base ink composition comprising: a chromatic color pigment covered with a water-insoluble vinyl polymer; a titanium dioxide pigment; and water; and a water-base ink composition containing, in addition to a chromatic color pigment, dispersant and water, both a titanium dioxide pigment and silica pigment.