Abstract: A flow control system includes a pump positioned in a wellbore to remove liquid from the wellbore. An isolation device is positioned downhole of the pump and is expandable within the wellbore between a sealed position and an unsealed position. The isolation device in the sealed position substantially reduces gas flow at the pump during removal of the liquid.

Abstract: A solid-state image sensor comprises unit pixels each having a photoelectric conversion element for converting incident light into electric signal charge and then storing the signal charge obtained through such photoelectric conversion, an amplifying element for converting into an electric signal the signal charge stored in the photoelectric conversion element, and a select switch for selectively outputting the pixel signal from the amplifying element to a signal line. The image sensor further comprises a reset circuit in each of the unit pixels for resetting the photoelectric conversion element every time a pixel signal is outputted from the relevant unit pixel.

Abstract: A physical information acquisition device uses a device including a detection unit for detecting electromagnetic waves, and a unit signal generating unit for generating and outputting the corresponding unit signal based on the amount of electromagnetic waves detected by the detection unit for detecting a physical quantity distribution in which the unit components are disposed on the same substrate in a predetermined sequence, for acquiring physical information for a predetermined application based on the unit signal.

Abstract: A method of driving a solid-image-pickup device is provided. The driving method includes the steps of converting light incident on a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix form into an electric signal, selecting and controlling the pixels for each of rows and/or columns, and scanning the pixels in sequence, converting at least one analog signal obtained from at least one of the selected and controlled pixels into a first digital signal, the at least one pixel corresponding to a first group of rows and/or columns, and performing first counting for data on a result of the conversion, and converting at least one analog signal obtained from at least one of the selected and controlled pixels into a second digital signal, the at least one pixel corresponding to a second group of rows and/or columns, and performing second counting for data on a result of the conversion. A period where the first counting is performed is separate from a period where the second counting is performed.

Abstract: A physical quantity distribution detecting apparatus includes a sensor array in which a plurality of unit sensors for sensing physical quantity are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix; and an analog-to-digital conversion unit that includes a plurality of comparators for comparing an analog signal read from the unit sensor with a reference signal, the analog-to-digital conversion unit converting a digital signal by measuring a period of time or measuring a signal corresponding to the period of time of each comparison output of the plurality of comparators. Each of the plurality of comparators includes at least one capacitor element connected between a signal line and a constant-voltage line.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate; and a reflective display area on the first substrate side, the reflective display area being provided with a common electrode and a pixel electrode having a plurality of slits so as to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer, wherein between the first substrate and the pixel electrode, a reflective film and an interlayer insulating film, both films having projecting patterns on a front surface side, are arranged in this order from the first substrate side, and the pixel electrode and the common electrode are arranged so that electric field intensities between the pixel electrode and the common electrode are made equal in the reflective display area.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to treatment of iron-related conditions with iron carbohydrate complexes. One aspect of the invention is a method of treatment of iron-related conditions with a single unit dosage of at least about 0.6 grams of elemental iron via an iron carbohydrate complex. The method generally employs iron carbohydrate complexes with nearly neutral pH, physiological osmolarity, and stable and non-immunogenic carbohydrate components so as to rapidly administer high single unit doses of iron intravenously to patients in need thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a micro-electromechanical device capable of processing an electric signal in the high frequency region by a simple device structure. The micro-electromechanical device is formed, including an oscillator element having a plurality of electrodes disposed on a substrate and a beam facing the electrodes to oscillate by electrostatic drive. An input/output of a high frequency signal is applied to one of the combinations of the electrodes and the beam.

Abstract: A method of evaluating the performance of a network at an edge device of a provider network includes receiving a plurality of packets associated with a plurality of customers and copying the header information for each of the plurality of packets. The method also includes identifying one of the plurality of customers for each of the plurality of packets and storing the header information for each of the plurality of packets in a database associated with the identified customer.

Abstract: A method for making a light-emitting diode, which including the steps of: providing a substrate having at least one recessed portion on one main surface and growing a first nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer through a state of making a triangle in section having a bottom surface of the recessed portion as a base thereby burying the recessed portion; laterally growing a second nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer from the first nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer over the substrate; and successively growing a third nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer of a first conduction type, an active layer and a fourth nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer of a second conduction type on the second nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor layer.

Abstract: Synthetic modular polynucleotide constructs are useful for gene expression in plants, methods for making and using such constructs, and plants transformed with such constructs. The constructs comprise unique restriction sites for each modular element and may further comprise polynucleotide identifier sequences.

Abstract: An optical display device, including a light guiding plate, a light detecting sensor and at least two illuminants. The light detecting sensor and the illuminants are commonly mounted on a wiring board with the at least two or more illuminants disposed to face a light incidence surface of the light guiding plate. The light detecting sensor is disposed on the same side of the wiring board as the illuminants with respect to the light guiding plate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates and has a reflective area and a transmissive area. At least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose phase difference differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area. Alternatively, at least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose slow axis differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device including: an analog-digital converter unit in column parallel arrangement, the analog-digital converter unit having a plurality of pixels arranged to convert an incident light quantity to an electric signal, in which an analog signal obtained from the pixel is converted into a digital signal, wherein the analog-digital converter unit is configured of: a comparator operable to compare a value of a column signal line from which an analog signal obtained by the pixel is outputted with a value of a reference line, and a counter operable to measure a time period by the time when comparison done by the comparator is finished and to store the comparison result, wherein the solid-state imaging device further includes: a module for controlling an output of the comparator operable to control the output of the comparator depending on the output of the comparator.

Abstract: An image display device including: a pixel group formed by arranging a plurality of pixels; a driver circuit configured to supply an image signal to each pixel in the pixel group; and a switch circuit configured to shift a destination to which the image signal is supplied in a unit of a pixel pitch by circuit switching for bus lines for transmitting the image signal from the driver circuit to each pixel in the pixel group.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH365545. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH365545, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH365545 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH365545.

Abstract: The invention provides method and compositions for the modulation of flavanone and/or isoflavone production in plants. The methods of the invention allow creation of plants having novel phenotypes. Increased expression of isoflavones in particular in plants may be used to increase the nutritional value of food plants for both human and animal consumption. The invention overcomes limitations of the prior art which prevented accumulation of high levels of isoflavones in plants.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device including an array of a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels with higher sensitivity than the first pixels, a first control signal line that controls the first pixels, and a second control signal line that controls the second pixels, wherein the first control signal line and the second control signal line are driven independent of each other.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image input section configured to input still image data; a number-of-pixel converter configured to perform number-of-pixel conversion on the still image data; a display image generator configured to generate a scroll display image as output image data to be output to an image display section on the basis of the image data whose number of pixels has been converted, the image data being generated by the number-of-pixel converter; and a controller configured to control the number-of-pixel conversion process and the display image generation process. The number-of-pixel converter includes a spatial thinning processor for performing a spatial thinning process in accordance with the amount of spatial thinning. The display image generator generates a scroll display image on the basis of a frame image.