Abstract: We have now discovered that eukaryotes, including mammals, have a DNA mismatch repair pathway analogous to the pathway that exists in bacteria. Defects or alterations in this mismatch repair pathway in a mammal, such as a human, will result in the accumulation of unstable repeated DNA sequences. Such a phenotype has a high correlation to disease state in a number of cancers, such as hereditary colon cancers. Accordingly, discovering a defect or alteration in the pathway can be diagnostic of a predisposition to cancer, and prognostic for a particular cancer.

Abstract: Provided is an electron beam lens for a micro-column electron beam apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. A photosensitive glass substrate is used as a base isolation substrate and a thin metal film is grown by a plating method. Holes through which electron beam passes are formed by a lift off method after forming a resist pattern shaped as a hole on a seed metal layer and plating the thin metal film.

Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting a signal in a communication system includes: MT number of transmission antennas; a space-time encoder for generating MT number of transmission symbol streams by space-time encoding MT number of modulation symbol streams in accordance with a space-time encoding scheme determined by a predetermined control, and transmitting each of the MT transmission symbol streams through a corresponding transmission antenna from among the MT transmission antennas; and a controller for determining the space-time encoding scheme based on an iteration number of transmission, which indicates the number of times by which an information data bit stream corresponding to the MT modulation symbol streams has been transmitted.

Abstract: The invention provides sustained release formulations comprising donepezil, stereoisomers of donepezil, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of donepezil, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of stereoisomers of donepezil. The formulations have desirable pharmacokinetic characteristics. Examples include AUC, Tmax, Cmax, dosage-corrected AUC, and dosage-corrected Cmax.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition containing particulate composite of a polymer and a therapeutic agent. The composition also contains a complexing agent. The polymer interacts with the complexing agent in a host-guest or a guest-host interaction to form an inclusion complex. A therapeutic composition of the invention may be used to deliver the therapeutic agent and to treat various disorders. Both the polymer of the particulate composite and the complexing agent may be used to introduce functionality into the therapeutic composition. The invention also relates to a method of preparing a composition. The method combines a therapeutic agent, a polymer having host or guest functionality, and a complexing agent having guest or host functionality to form the therapeutic composition. The complexing agent forms an inclusion complex with the polymer. The invention also relates to a method of delivering a therapeutic agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrically conductive paste for connecting thermoelectric materials, the paste comprising a specific powdery oxide and at least one powdery electrically conductive metal selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, platinum, and alloys containing at least one of these metals. By connecting a thermoelectric material to an electrically conductive substrate with the electrically conductive paste of the invention, a suitable electroconductivity is imparted to the connecting portion of the thermoelectric element. Further, the thermal expansion coefficient of the connecting portion can be made close to that of the thermoelectric material. Therefore, even when high-temperature power generation is repeated, separation at the connecting portion is prevented and a favorable thermoelectric performance can be maintained.

Abstract: A method of treating, preventing, delaying the onset, and/or reducing the effects of proinflammatory cytokines in conditions including, but not limited to, sepsis, adhesion formation, wounds, organ failure, chronic disease, general inflammatory conditions resulting from infection, scarring resulting from injury and incisions, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Apparatus for handling an incoming telephone call including a call processor coupled to a wired or wireless telephone network for receiving an incoming telephone call directed to a called person, a conversation detector for determining whether a conversation is currently taking place between said called person and one or more other persons who are near to said called person, and a call inhibitor for inhibiting the delivery of, delaying or rerouting said incoming call if said conversation detector determines that a conversation is taking place. Each participant in the conversation is provided with a speech detector, and vibrator for producing a tactile alert when incoming calls directed to a participant arrive, and a manually operated control for issuing a veto command that inhibits the delivery of, delays, or reroutes the incoming call so that the conversation is not interrupted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody specific for N-myc downstream regulated gene 2 (NDRG 2) protein, a cell line producing the monoclonal antibody, a method for measuring a quantity and quality of NDRG 2 protein, and a protein chip using the same. In the present invention, NDRG 2, a cancer-related factor is specifically expressed in dendritic cells differentiated from a monocyte of human peripheral blood. Accordingly, the monoclonal antibody specific for the NDRG 2 protein, the protein chip comprising the same and the method for measuring a quantity and quality of the NDRG 2 protein by using the same can be applied to elucidate characteristics of the dendritic cell and perform a research on the NDRG 2. Therefore, the present invention may help clinically to investigate and treat intractable diseases and cancers using the dendritic cell.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings free from damage propagation and a light generating apparatus using it, and a wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings to make a thermal distribution centrosymmetric, and being free from damage propagation, are provided. The wavelength conversion element is realized by comprising a holder and plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals disposed in the holder, wherein plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals have at least five planes; the aspect ratios of planes perpendicular to respective longitudinal directions of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals are virtually unity; and each of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals has a domain inversion structure with a predetermined period in the direction perpendicular to the polarization direction thereof, and is arranged in a way that said direction perpendicular to the polarization direction is the same as those of the other crystals.

Abstract: Solid acid/surface-hydrogen-containing secondary component electrolyte composites, methods of synthesizing such materials, electrochemical device incorporating such materials, and uses of such materials in fuel cells, membrane reactors and hydrogen separations are provided. The stable electrolyte composite material comprises a solid acid component capable of undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at a wide temperature range and a secondary compound with surface hydrogen atoms, which when intimately mixed, results in a composite material with improved conductivity, mechanical and thermal properties, when compared to pure solid acid compound.

Abstract: Methods and agents are disclosed for modulating the interaction of ?-catenin or ?-catenin with CBP or p300. Agents that increase the binding of CBP to ?-catenin are associated with enhancing the ?-catenin-related proliferation of adult stem cells, including hematopoietic stem cells, neural stem cells, skin stem cells, and pancreatic stem cells, as well as embryonic stem cells.

Abstract: An interconnect structure of an integrated circuit and manufacturing method therefor are provided, relating to an interconnect structure of flexible packaging. The interconnect structure includes a first and a second conductive pads. A plurality of tiny and conductive first pillars is respectively formed on the first and second pads. With different densities and thicknesses of the first and second pillars, a contact strength can be generated when the pillars interconnecting with each other, such that the pillars are connected closely. Furthermore, the interconnect structure can also be used to connect with fibers made of conductive materials. Moreover, the higher the density of the pillars, the stronger the contact strength. And, electronic substrates and active or passive electronic elements can be stuck on the other side of each pad. Therefore, the interconnect structure can maintain flexibility and have high reliability without being enhanced by any thermosetting polymer.

Abstract: A method for seamless inter-frequency hard handover in a radio communication system is disclosed. The method for seamless inter-frequency hard handover includes the steps of: a) at a mobile station, blocking a first uplink carrier frequency used for communication, transmitting a direct sequence spread preamble signal through a second uplink carrier frequency for a short time, and continuously performing the communication through the first uplink carrier frequency; and b) at a target base transceiver station, acquiring an uplink synchronization of a mobile station based on the preamble before performing handover.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna coil and fabricated method therefor are provided. One or more antennas are connected to be a plane or three-dimensional structure via substrate surface modified procedure, an inkjet-printing process for forming antenna patterning, and an electroless plating process, so that the RFID antenna coil can be flexibility and have higher inductance.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for transmitting a signal in a communication system. Upon receipt of an information vector, the apparatus includes converting the information vector into a plurality of sub-information vectors; performing coding and modulation on each of the sub-information vectors according to a corresponding mode thereby generating a modulation symbol; interleaving the modulation symbol generated for each of the sub-information vectors; allocating power to the interleaved modulation symbol for each individual mode; and beamforming the modulation symbols power-allocated for each individual mode, and transmitting the beamforming symbols.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microflow coverage ratio control device, which comprises two reservoirs, at least one communication channel, a flow driver and two external tubes. The present invention utilizes liquid-level gravities of fluids in the two reservoirs to drive the fluids simultaneously flowing into a reaction chamber to form different fluid coverage ratios in the reaction chamber. The present invention employs the flow driver associated with the communication channel to change the liquid levels of the fluids in the two reservoirs, thereby changing the fluid coverage ratios in the reaction chamber. According to the potential energy conservation, the fluid pressure of the reaction chamber is kept constant during the change of the fluid coverage ratios. The interference of the reaction chamber is eliminated.

Abstract: By inputting words of source language as a keyword (31), a translation pairs are extracted (50) from a parallel corpus database including source language and target one. From the partially corresponding information on the translation sentence, a corresponding phrase group table formed by the corresponding phase of the target language corresponding to the source language phrase including a keyword phrase f the source language is stored (60). Text generator (70) assumes a relationship between the phrases of different language contained in the corresponding phrase group table and generates a text sentence candidate (32) of the target language.

Abstract: Crystalline silicon PV modules typically use tinned flat copper wire to increase the conductivity of a bus bar metallization and to interconnect to adjacent cells. Such a flat bus wire may be patterned with shallow v-shaped grooves using metal forming techniques, such as rolling, stamping and drawing. The grooves are designed so that incident light is reflected up toward the glass superstrate of the module at an internal interface angle that is large enough (typically greater than about 40°) so that the light undergoes total internal reflection at the glass-air interface and is reflected onto the solar cell. A photocurrent resulting from the normal impingement of light on a proto-type of such a patterned bus bar is at least 70% of the photocurrent resulting from the direct impingement on active cell area of the same light source. A typical face angle of about 60° may provide TIR for at least 50% of the light that strikes the bus wire as omni-directional illumination.