Abstract: The present invention provides a hybridization detection method capable of quantitatively determining the degree of the hybridization between a sample biopolymer and a probe biopolymer. In the method, the amount of a fluorescently labeled probe immobilized on a substrate as a spot is quantitatively determined by determining the fluorescence emitted from a fluorescent material labeling the probe, and the amount of a fluorescently labeled sample hybridized to the probe is quantitatively determined by determining the fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent material labeling the sample. The difference between the amount of the probe and the amount of the sample is normalized with the amount of the probe. Based on the normalized value, the amount of the sample hybridized to the probe can be determined relative to the amount of the probe spotted on the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method which produce a pulse of ions, generate a transient electric field correlated in time with a duration of the pulse of ions, receive the pulse of ions into the transient electric field, and collect the ions from an ion drift region of the transient electric field into a gas dynamic flow region of the mass analyzer. As such, an apparatus for transferring ions into a mass analyzer includes an ion source configured to generate the pulse of ions, a transient electric field device configured to receive the pulse of ions and generate the transient electric field, and an ion collector configured to collect the ions from the ion drift region and transfer the ions into the mass analyzer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed at a process to isomerize C10+ hydrocarbon feedstreams by contacting a C10+ hydrocarbon feedstream with a steamed catalyst.

Abstract: Comprising: an IC tag 120 that is attached to a work in process 100 of a portable telephone 110 and memorizes information related to a production condition of the portable telephone 110; a mounting device 140 that reads out the information related to the production condition of the portable telephone 110 from the IC tag 120 and mounts components of the portable telephone 110, based on the readout information related to the production condition of the portable telephone 110, on the work in process 100 with the IC tag 120 attached; an inspection device 150 that reads out the information related to the production condition of the portable telephone 110 from the IC tag 120, and inspects the work in process 100, which the IC tag 120 is attached and the components of the portable telephone 110 are mounted, based on the readout information related to the production condition of the portable telephone 110; and an editing device 130 that writes the information related to production of the portable telephone 110 into t

Abstract: In conventional liquid crystal display controllers such as for portable telephone sets, the display is reduced in the stand-by state but the liquid crystal display duty is not changed, i.e., even the common electrodes of the rows that are not producing display are scanned, and-the consumption of electric power is not decreased to a sufficient degree in the stand-by state. A liquid crystal display controller (2) includes a drive duty selection register (34) capable of being rewritten by a microprocessor (1), and a drive bias selection register (32). When the display is changed from the whole display on a liquid crystal display panel (3) to a partial display on part of the rows only, the preset values of the drive duty selection register and of the drive bias selection register are changed, so that the display is selectively produced on a portion of the liquid crystal display panel at a low voltage with a low-duty drive.

Abstract: A cabinet adapted to house electronic and communication equipment therein. The cabinet includes modifiable top, bottom and side walls. Grommets with notches are provided to accommodate passage of wires and cables into and out of the cabinet. The notches function to receive the wires and/or cables and to mitigate passage of air through the grommet. A micro controller is provided for each individual cabinet to both monitor and control variants within the cabinet. The micro controller may be accessed on site with a local operator, or remotely through a memory addressable system.

Abstract: A payload deployment system is described that includes an external shell or tube within which an internal cargo unit is placed. The internal cargo unit encapsulates one or more payloads and seals the external shell or tube. Payloads are deployed in a two step process. The first step involves ejecting the internal cargo unit from the external shell or tube. The second step involves separating the internal cargo unit into two or more pieces in a controlled and, possibly, time-sequenced manner so as to deploy one or more payloads housed within the internal cargo unit. The internal cargo unit is ejected from the external shell or tube by a first separation device and the internal cargo unit is separated by a second separation device. Illustrative separation devices include, but are not limited to, pyrotechnic and clamp-and-spring devices.

Abstract: A process for producing a linear &agr;-olefin which comprises: reacting a stoichiometric excess of a terminal Cn olefin with ethylene in the presence of an organometallic catalyst to produce a Cn+2 linear &agr;-olefin, wherein the catalyst is capable of producing a Schulz-Flory distribution of the linear &agr;-olefin with a Schulz-Flory constant of less than about 0.8 and wherein n is an integer between about 3 to 20.

Abstract: Peripheral circuitry writes/reads input data and output data of L bits (L: integer of at least 2) that is input/output to/from a data node into/from first and second memory cell blocks that are selectively accessed. The peripheral circuitry uses circuit components operating in response to a clock signal to write/read the data by dividing the data writing operation/data reading operation into a plurality of stages and carrying out them in pipelining manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a belt guidance unit for centring a conveyor belt, which during operation is susceptible to lateral displacement away from a neutral position in its longitudinal direction. According to the invention the belt guidance unit can be employed on conveyor belts that move in one direction as well as in two opposite directions with only very slight alterations and the basic constructional features of the belt guidance unit are substantially identical in the two operational situations.

Abstract: The present invention involves a methodology for the interconnection of safety control modules used for the safeguarding of personnel around points and areas of hazardous machine operation. The system includes one or more safety control modules connected together so that the safety control modules communicate with each other using actively diverse safety control signals. The safety control modules are also connected to the machine safety control circuit so that the safety control modules can stop machine operation when one or more safety control modules are activated. The use of actively diverse safety control signals provides a control reliable system.

Abstract: A novel process for forming hydrocarbon waxes from synthesis gas is disclosed. This invention teaches a process whereby a Fischer-Tropsch wax can be formulated such that the wax softness as defined by ASTM Standard Test Method for Needle Penetration of waxes (ASTM D-1321) can be adjusted to within a region most preferred for end use applications while simultaneously removing undesirable impurities, such as oxygenates (e.g., primary alcohols), olefins, and trace levels of aromatics. In a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, Fischer-Tropsch wax is formed from synthesis gas in a catalyzed reaction. The Fischer Tropsch wax is then subjected to a relatively mild hydroprocessing over a hydroisomerization catalyst under conditions such that essentially no boiling point conversion is obtained, but yet chemical conversions (e.g., hydrogenation and mild isomerization) occur yielding a high purity, hydrocarbon wax product of reduced hardness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging substrate with electrostatic discharge protection. The packaging substrate is deposited in a packaging mold, and the packaging mold comprises a plurality of injection pins for pushing the packaging substrate out of the packaging mold. A first copper-mesh layer and a second copper-mesh layer of the packaging substrate are electrically connected to each other via position pins. A bottom side of the packaging substrate comprises a plurality of recesses in positions corresponding to positions of the injection pins. The recesses pass the second copper-mesh layer to electrically connect the injection pins to the second copper-mesh layer, and static electric charges are conducted to the injection pins via the second copper-mesh layer and away from the packaging substrate. It prevents dies to be packaged from damage due to electrostatic discharge so as to raise the yield rate of semiconductor package products.

Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining images of body organs or other tissue for each of their multiple characterizing aspects, and for classifying different tissue types within the images according to their characterizing aspects, are disclosed herein. The tissue may be irradiated with an ultrasonic signal, and an interaction signal received in return. Sinogram data may be constructed from the received interaction signal, and multiple characterizing data extracted therefrom. The multiple characterizing data representing multiple characterizing aspects may then be matched to tissue type within a database containing information correlating characterizing multi-aspect data with tissue type. Images of the tissue may then be presented with identifiers associating tissue portions with their matched tissue types.

Abstract: An improved anisotropic bonding system and method connects two conductive surfaces together using an anisotropic material having elastic conductive particles dispersed in an insulating, heat-curable carrier. The system monitors bond resistance in real-time during the bonding process and controls the application of pressure to the bond based on a feedback signal corresponding to the bond resistance. When the bond resistance reaches a predetermined value, the applied pressure is reduced to a holding/clamping level to prevent over-compression as the curing schedule completes curing of the insulating carrier. By monitoring and responding to the bond resistance in real time during the bond compression process, the system prevents bond resistance increases caused by over-compression and conductor damage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and apparatus for controlling afterburning in the regenerator of a FCC unit. The process and apparatus inject steam into the dilute phase within a regenerator to promote combustion of carbon monoxide before it enters the regenerator cyclones, plenum, or flue gas transfer lines.

Abstract: An extrusion die for a hollow member includes: a male die for defining a plurality of hollow portions of the hollow member, the male die including an annular base portion and a bridge portion bridging the annular base portion; a female die for defining an outer peripheral portion of the hollow member, the female die being fitted in the annular base portion; and a mandrel having a plurality of forming protrusions, the mandrel being inserted and held in a mandrel holding slit formed in a center of the bridge portion in a fore-and-aft direction. The mandrel includes a mandrel main portion divided into a plurality of divided members and a plurality of rigid pins each arranged in a fore-and-aft direction of the mandrel main portion, and wherein the rigid pins are pinched by and between the divided members of the mandrel main portion with tip portions of the rigid pins protruding from an front end of the mandrel main portion, whereby the tip portions constitute the forming protrusions.

Abstract: The invention is related to a geminally disubstituted olefin-carbon monoxide-ethylene polymer. The invention is also related to a method for preparing geminally disubstituted olefin-carbon monoxide-ethylene polymers by reacting a geminally disubstituted olefin feed, a carbon monoxide feed and an ethylene feed under free radical polymerization conditions. The invention is further related to a geminally disubstituted olefin-carbon monoxide-ethylene-X polymer, where monomer X is a free radical polymerizable monomer. The invention is also directed to a method for preparing geminally disubstituted olefin-carbon monoxide-ethylene-X polymers by reacting a geminally disubstituted olefin feed, a carbon monoxide feed, an ethylene feed and a feed containing monomer X under free radical polymerization conditions. The polymers of the invention are useful as polyvinyl chloride plasticizers.

Abstract: A VDC circuit that supplies an internal voltage VDD1 to an internal circuit in a normal operation forces a transistor off in a burn-in test mode through input of a test signal to suppress supply of an external power supply voltage VDDH to a node. In a burn-in test mode, an external power supply voltage lower than external power supply voltage VDDH and higher than internal voltage VDD1 is supplied from an external pad.