Abstract: The present invention provides an electro-static floating type gyro device comprising: a gyro mechanism having a gyro rotor and plural adjacent pairs of electro static support electrodes for supporting said gyro rotor; a posture control circuit for generating complementary posture control voltages for controlling a posture of the gyro rotor, wherein the complementary posture control voltages applied to the adjacent pairs of electro static support electrodes are alternated in time.

Abstract: An object is to provide a highly functional and reliable light-emitting element and light-emitting device with lower power consumption and high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element has an EL layer that has a stacked structure including a light-emitting element containing an organic compound and a functional layer having separate functions between a pair of electrode layers. In the light-emitting element including the functional layer and the light-emitting element containing an organic compound, a mixed-valence compound is contained in the functional layers. When an element in a compound has a plurality of valences, this element is in a state that is referred to as a mixed-valence state and this compound is referred to as a mixed-valence compound.

Abstract: A gaming system and method for conducting a wagering game includes a special event that is triggered by a progression through a plurality of subfeatures of the wagering game. The subfeatures are completed upon the collection of a predetermined number of items. The items collected are associated with wagering-game enhancement parameters that are applied to the wagering game in response to the items being randomly awarded during the wagering game.

Abstract: The rolling mill cast roll having a shield portion made of multi-component white iron with excellent resistance to adhesion and propagation of cracks, having a composition consisting essentially, by weight ratio, of 1.5-2.5% carbon, 3.0-10% chromium, 2.0-8.0% molybdenum, 2.0-8.0% tungsten, 2.0-10% vanadium, 0.1-0.8% sulfur, up to 2.0% manganese, wherein the manganese is balanced with said sulfur in a 2:1 ratio (Mn:S), up to 1.0% silicon, up to 1.0% of nickel, 0.1% Ce, up to 0.08% phosphorus and a sufficient amount of Fe, is produced by a centrifugal casting method.

Abstract: Methods of determining a quantity of rotor slots in an induction motor are disclosed. An approximate slip is calculated according to an approximate slip function. A fundamental frequency is calculated from a representation of the voltage signal. A saliency frequency is calculated from a representation of the current signal. For each rotor slots index in a set of rotor slots indices, a slip estimate is calculated according to a slip estimation function. A slip estimation error signal is calculated. A rotor slots performance surface representative of an aggregate of the slip estimation error signals is calculated. A rotor slots quantity equal to the rotor slots index corresponding to a minimum of the rotor slots performance surface over at least a portion of the set of the rotor slots indices is defined.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress deterioration in the thin film transistor. A plurality of pulse output circuits each include first to eleventh thin film transistors is formed. The pulse output circuit is operated on the basis of a plurality of clock signals which control each transistor, the previous stage signal input from a pulse output circuit in the previous stage, the next stage signal input from a pulse output circuit in the next stage, and a reset signal. In addition, a microcrystalline semiconductor is used for a semiconductor layer serving as a channel region of each transistor. Therefore, degradation of characteristics of the transistor can be suppressed.

Abstract: A method of offsetting a mismatch due to user interaction when handling a portable wireless terminal in which antenna matching is changed from inductive matching to capacitive matching in response to a reactance change exceeding a threshold level and vice versa when an opposite change is detected. An antenna interface module (44) is coupled between a RF output or input stage (25 or 33) and an antenna (48 or 50). The antenna interface module includes first and second switches (SW1/1, SW1/2 or SW2/1, SW2/2), a first matching circuit including an inductive reactance (68 or 96) coupled between the power amplifier and the first switch and a second matching circuit including a capacitive reactance (68 or 92) is coupled between the RF output or input stage and the second switch (SW1/1 or SW2/1).

Abstract: A gaming system comprises at least one input device, at least one display device, at least one processor, and at least one memory device. The memory device stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the at least one input device to receive a wager to play a wagering game, display an array of symbols randomly selected from a plurality of possible symbols, trigger a bonus feature if the displayed array includes a bonus triggering outcome, and, in response to the displayed array including at least one bonus triggering symbol, change one or more of the symbols adjacent to the bonus triggering symbol to respective other symbols selected from the plurality of possible symbols, and awarding an enhanced award that is greater than a basic award resulting from the bonus feature and any winning combinations of the symbols in the displayed array.

Abstract: A gaming system comprises a wager input device for receiving a wager and a display for displaying a wagering game having a plurality of reels comprised of a plurality of symbols. A controller operates to (i) detect receipt of the wager; (ii) activate a play of the wagering game by spinning the reels on the display; (iii) display at least one play enhancement icon on the display; (iv) cause the spinning reels to stop and the display to display a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game; and (v) enhance the randomly selected outcome of the wagering game in response to the at least one play enhancement icon on the display at any time including at least one of before spinning the reels on the display, during spinning the reels on the display, and after spinning the reels on the display.

Abstract: A method of conducting a group wagering game that includes a special award that is attainable by players at a plurality of gaming machines. The method includes receiving wagers from players at the plurality of machines for playing individual wagering games. In response to a triggering condition that is associated with one of the machines, the group wagering game is presented including an opportunity to fulfill at least one of a plurality of victory conditions. In response to all of the plurality of victory conditions being fulfilled, the special award is awarded to the machine associated with a next triggering condition.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes steps of forming a gate electrode over a light-transmitting substrate, forming a gate insulating layer containing an inorganic material over the gate electrode and the substrate, forming an organic layer containing a photopolymerizable reactive group over the gate insulating layer, polymerizing selectively the organic layer by irradiating the organic layer with light from back side of the substrate, using the gate electrode as a mask, forming an organic polymer layer by removing a residue of the organic layer, being other than polymerized, forming an organosilane film including a hydrolytic group over the gate insulating layer in a region other than a region in which the organic polymer layer is formed, forming source and drain electrodes by applying a composition containing a conductive material over the organic polymer layer, and forming a semiconductor layer over the gate electrode, the source and drain electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in acoustical venting of hearing aid earmolds and to miniature loudspeakers with housing structures configured to support improved hearing aid venting. The miniature loudspeaker comprises a front chamber with first and second separate sound ports so as to allow the front chamber to form an integral part of the acoustical vent of the hearing aid earmold. Thus, while using the same opening in the hearing aid for both sound output and venting, sound from the outside of the hearing aid may be introduced into the users ear via the same opening.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions related to the discovery that the Follistatin-like 1 protein (Fstl-1) has metabolic and cardioprotective effects in vivo. Fstl-1 and portions and derivatives or variants thereof can be used to treat or prevent metabolic diseases or disorders and to treat or prevent cardiac damage caused by interrupted cardiac muscle blood supply.

Abstract: The invention relates to isolated polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding polypeptides which comprise a tim-3 IgV domain and a tim-3 intracellular domain, wherein the polypeptides do not comprise a tim-3 mucin domain or a tim-3 transmembrane domain. In addition, the invention relates to methods of modulating immune responses in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that modulates tim-3 activity. Immune responses include, but are not limited to, immune tolerance, transplantation tolerance, Th1 responses and Th2 responses.

Abstract: A patient treatment unit for analyzing and treating abnormality of human or animal tissues, includes a display; a pulse generator circuit that outputs a sequence of electrical pulses at a pulse frequency, the electrical pulses having a pulse width, the pulse generator controlling the pulse frequency and the pulse width of the electrical pulses; a pair of probes for contacting a body of a patient and electrically coupled to the pulse generator; and a voltage and current sensing circuit that senses a voltage or a current via the probes when contacting the body of the patient.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an electronic device which can be easily manufactured using a wet method. One of electronic devices according to the invention has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer contains a first compound including a conjugated double bond. Here, the first compound preferably has a molecular weight of 100 to 1000. The second layer contains a second compound having a cyclic structure which is formed by an addition reaction between two molecules of the first compound. Here, a light emitting element or an element such as a transistor can be given as the electronic device.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensor includes a sensing structure having a ring-shaped well, a plurality of contacts of equal size disposed along the ring-shaped well, a circuit having a plurality of electronic switches associated with the contacts of the sensing structure, a logic block for controlling the electronic switches, at least one current source, a voltage measuring device, a timing circuit providing a control signal for controlling the logic and providing a reference signal, wherein the logic block is configured to switch the switches under the control of the control signal so that a predetermined number of contacts of the plurality of contacts form a vertical Hall element supplied with current from the at least one current source and having two contacts connected to the voltage measuring device and circuitry configured to measure a phase shift between the reference signal and an output signal of the voltage measuring device.

Abstract: A method of operating a wagering game comprises activating a progressive game having a first set of configuration parameters and providing a primary wagering game having a second set of configuration parameters. The method further comprises comparing the first set of configuration parameters with the second set of configuration parameters to determine, in accordance with at least a first rule set, if the primary wagering game can be activated and paired with the progressive game. The method further displays results from the comparing step.

Abstract: A switch may be used to force the expiration of a cookie on a user's system by inserting an expiration field into the cookie contained in a network response packet. Additionally, a mechanism is provided to delete or damage a cookie contained in a network request packet, so that server software is not disrupted by the receipt of a cookie. Deleting a cookie results in a cleaner request, but damaging a cookie may be more efficient in certain circumstances. By providing these features, an efficient cookie switching design is provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for labeling an analyte comprising a primary amino group, the method comprising: a. a labeling process comprising reacting the analyte with a dialdehyde in the presence of a label, wherein the label bears a charge, and b. an analysis process comprising subjecting the labeled analyte to MS, preferably LC-MS-MS. Herein, preferably, the labeling process comprises reacting an analyte with a dialdehyde, wherein the dialdehyde carries a label bearing a charge, to provide a labeled analyte carrying the charge. The present invention also provides a labeling method to provide a labeled analyte carrying a charge, wherein the labeling method comprises a labeling process comprising reacting an analyte with a dialdehyde, wherein the analyte comprises a primary amino group and wherein the dialdehyde carries a label bearing the charge. The dialdehyde is preferably an aromatic dialdehyde, most preferably an aromatic 1,2- or 1,3-dicarboxaldehyde.