Abstract: A curable resin composition comprising (A) reactive particles prepared by bonding (A1) at least one of oxide particles of an element selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, zirconium, titanium, zinc, germanium, indium, tin, antimony, ruthenium, rhenium, silver, nickel, cupper and cerium, and (A2) an organic compound which comprises a polymerizable unsaturated group, (B) a compound having two or more polymerizable unsaturated groups in the molecule, and optionally (C) a terminal reactive polysiloxane compound having at least one polymerizable group, other than organic compound (A2).

Abstract: A fuel tank (1) has a constructional unit which can be preassembled and comprises a surge chamber (3) and venting device (6). The constructional unit is fastened to the bottom of the fuel tank (1) and has spring arms for prestressing openings (12, 13), which are provided for venting the fuel tank (1), against the upper wall of the fuel tank (1). The fuel tank (1) can be fitted in a particularly simple manner.

Abstract: Drilling, completing or workover of a well, particularly an oil and/or gas well, is carried out using a fluid which includes a continuous phase including an ester of the formula (I): (R2)p-Ph-(CH2)m—COO-(AO)n-R1 where R1, AO, n, m, Ph, R2 and p have defined meanings and particularly where the esters are alkyl or alkenyl benzoate esters. These esters are beneficial by having a range of viscosities, especially extending to low viscosities, and attractive toxicological and environmental profiles for use in drilling, completion and/or workover of wells.

Abstract: A temperature-compensated self-refresh circuit (TCSR) for use in a semiconductor memory device includes a temperature sensor, which is controlled by a temperature sensor control signal, for outputting a temperature voltage based on a temperature; a voltage comparison unit for comparing a reference voltage with the temperature voltage; a delay unit for delaying a signal outputted from the voltage comparison unit; a control unit for generating the temperature sensor control signal in response to a temperature limit signal and a temperature sensor enable signal and a temperature-compensated refresh cycle signal in response to a delayed signal from the delay unit; and a temperature sensor limiter, which is reset by the refresh cycle signal, for generating the temperature sensor limit signal based on a refresh basic cycle signal and the temperature-compensated refresh cycle signal when the temperature sensor is not used.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recovering monomeric units of a nylon from carpet material. The carpet material includes fibres containing nylon bound to a backing containing one or more non-nylon components. The carpet material contains between 15 and 35 wt. % of the nylon. The process includes: a) mechanically separating the carpet material into an enriched carpet mixture containing between 35 and 55 wt. % of said nylon and into a depleted carpet mixture having a lower content of nylon than the carpet material; and b) exposing the enriched carpet mixture to conditions at which depolymerization of the nylon is effected.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ballistic vest containing a stock of flexible fabrics and a stack of flexible unidirectional layers, in which the fabrics contain strong fibres of a first kind, the unidirectional layers contain strong fibres of a second kind, and in which the fibres in a unidirectional layer run essentially parallel and are disposed at an angle to fibres in an adjacent layer which is greater than 0 degrees, where in that the flexible fabric is a loose fabric and is located on the strike side of the vest. The percentages by weight of the loose fabrics and the stack of UD layers preferably is between 15:85 and 30:70%. In that case, a vest of areal density less than 6 kg/m2 can have such ballistic resistance as to stop an Action 3 bullet with a velocity of up to 437 m/s with a trauma to NIJ Standard of less than 44 mm.

Abstract: Provided is a wavelength tunable optical filter of a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS). The wavelength tunable optical filter comprises two optical fibers or optical waveguides having their optical axes aligned to each other, two lens for collimating light at leading ends of the optical fibers or optical waveguides, two or more mirrors formed on a substrate, thermal actuators supporting at least one of the mirrors, wherein one of the mirrors is actuated by thermal expansion of the actuator. Because all mirrors are formed on a substrate, a manufacturing process is simple and an initial resonance wavelength can be precisely adjusted. Since the thermal expansion is generated by the electrical current directly flowing through the thermal actuators, it can be actuated by a low consumption power. Also, since an electrostatic force is not used to move the mirrors, a sticking phenomenon between the mirrors does not occur, and the wavelength can be tunable in a wide range.

Abstract: In the apparatus and method for a watermark embedding and detection through a linear prediction analysis, and a record medium capable of being read through a computer having a writing of a program to realize the inventive method, in which a quality of a signal does not drop, even after an imbedding of a watermark by using a signal based on a changed shape of an original signal through a use of a linear prediction analysis, with a watermark signal to be imbedded in a digital signal, but also the watermark signal containing copyright information can be detected even though an optional attack is applied thereto.

Abstract: Provided is a waveguide interconnection apparatus making rectangular interconnecting portions to be a curved structure, whereby it is possible to reduce a signal reflection and a signal loss due to a mismatch occurred from a discontinuous portion where waveguides are perpendicularly connected to each other, and fabricate package products having excellent performances compared to that of the prior art in the same chip and structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of fabricating a capacitor for a semiconductor device. The method includes: forming sequentially a lower electrode and a dielectric layer having a high dielectric constant over a semiconductor substrate which have gone through predetermined processes; forming sequentially a first metal layer and a poly-silicon layer over the dielectric layer; forming an upper electrode pattern by pattering the poly-silicon layer and the first metal layer; forming a second metal layer covering the upper electrode pattern on an entire surface of the semiconductor substrate; and forming an upper electrode constituted with the second metal layer, the poly-silicon layer and the first metal layer by patterning the second metal layer so that the second metal layer is connected with the first metal layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor memory device. In the process for the memory cell to reading stored data by selecting specific word lines, word lines neighboring the selected word line are selected at the same time, or the two bit lines are connected at the same time to the input terminals of the sense amplifiers, thus increasing the difference in voltage between both the input terminals of the sense amplifiers. Therefore, the read margin is increased, the exactness of the read operation is increased, and reliability of the device is improved.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a power-up signal in a semiconductor memory device includes a signal generator for generating the power-up signal from a supply voltage in response to a first control signal, a temperature sensing block for sensing a circumference temperature and enabling one of a plurality of second control signals in response to the circumference temperature, and a selection block for receiving the plurality of divided voltages and outputting one of the plurality of divided voltages to the signal generator as the first control signal in response to a corresponding second control signal, wherein the divided voltages are generated by dividing a supply voltage.

Abstract: A method of controlling brightness of a user-selected area on a monitor screen is disclosed. First, a starting point of a topmost line of a displayed image is determined as a new reference point. Then a line pattern being included in one of image lines of the displayed image is detected. The pattern includes an indicator whose ends are horizontally aligned with vertical edges of the user-selected area. Next, horizontal distances of the vertical edges with respect to the reference point, and a highlight area is identified using the measured horizontal distances. Finally, a brightness gain of the identified highlight area is amplified.

Abstract: Novel diphenylethylene compounds and derivatives thereof containing thiazolidinedione or oxazolidinedione moieties are provided which are effective in lowering blood glucose level, serum insulin, triglyceride and free fatty acid levels in animal models of Type II diabetes. In contrast to previously reported thiazolidinedione compounds, known to lower leptin levels, the present compounds increase leptin levels and have no known liver toxicity. The compounds are disclosed as useful for a variety of treatments including the treatment of inflammation, inflammatory and immunological diseases, insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, cancer and multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pyroelectric infrared ray sensor fabricated by using MEMS processes, wherein an infrared ray absorption layer disposed on the most top portion of the infrared ray sensor assembly is formed with a silicon oxide film (SiO2) to exhibit an excellent absorption efficiency with respect to the infrared wavelength band of 8 to 12 mm and function as a protective film for a sensor pixel. In addition, an infrared ray absorption layer, support arms and posts are formed in a single body to allow the sensor assembly to be robust and fabricating processes to be remarkably reduced to increase a process yield.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor memory device capable of detecting a repaired address in a test mode. The semiconductor memory device includes: a plurality of unit address detectors for comparing 1-bit address signal with a stored 1-bit repair address signal to output a repair signal, and for buffering the stored repair address signal and outputting the buffered repair address signal as the repair signal in a test mode; a redundancy address detector for combining the plurality of repair signals from the unit address detectors and outputting a detection signal for detecting whether a current input address is a redundancy address; and a redundancy flag signal generator for generating a redundancy flag signal in response to the detection signal and transferring the redundancy flag signal to a data output path.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of searching a preamble signal in a search window for reducing a chip size of a preamble searcher in a transceiver of a base station is enclosed. By using a plurality of small window preamble searchers searching the preamble signal in a small search window, which is a division of a large search windows of a conventional preamble searcher divided by search start times, the preamble searcher of the entire search window can be implemented and the size of semiconductor chip is reduced by implementing distributing small preamble searcher in a small semiconductor chips.

Abstract: Disclosed is a capacitor with a dielectric structure having an aluminum oxide layer and a lanthanum oxide layer and a fabrication method thereof. The capacitor includes: a lower electrode; a first dielectric layer with a high energy band gap formed on the lower electrode; a second dielectric layer formed on the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer with a high dielectric constant, wherein an energy band gap of the second dielectric layer is lower than the energy band gap of the first dielectric layer; and an upper electrode formed on the second dielectric layer.

Abstract: A continuous hydroformylation process for producing an aldehyde comprising 1) reacting an olefinically unsaturated compound, carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a rhodium-organobisphosphite complex catalyst at a partial pressure of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and 2) exposing a mixture comprising at least a portion of the catalyst of 1) to a gaseous mixture comprising hydrogen at a pressure that is greater than the partial pressure of carbon monoxide and hydrogen during the reaction.

Abstract: In the hardware-efficient demodulator for a CDMA adaptive antenna array mechanism of a mobile radio communication system, a correlators bank receives digital baseband signals received through an antenna array of a base station and computes correlation values with a local code sequence. A beamformer receives the digital baseband signals and the correlation values from the correlators bank and calculates beamforming weight vectors. A searchers bank receives the digital baseband signals and calculates an initial acquisition and reliable timing information for a multipath search by a common work with the beamformer, which uses a beamforming algorithm. A beamforming complex multiplier for a finger performs a complex multiplication for the beamforming weight vectors and the digital baseband signals, and sums up them.