Abstract: Jitter and waveform are improved by reducing the wavelength spectrum width of a laser beam pulse. In a laser pulse generating apparatus according to the present invention, a semiconductor laser device, a polarization maintaining optical fiber, an optical reflection filter having bandpass characteristics using an FBG whose passband can be changed by changing a tension, and an optical isolator are connected via an optical fiber. A driving circuit drives the semiconductor laser device to generate a pulse. The optical reflection filter performs filtering by transmitting a specific component of the wavelength spectrum of the pulse, reflects a portion of the optical power, and outputs the remaining optical power except the reflected portion to the outside via the optical isolator. The reflected pulse is fed back to the semiconductor laser device to thereby reduce the wavelength spectrum width of the laser beam, and improve the jitter and waveform.

Abstract: A reception program maps, by PC mapping, the values of message data to symbol x, which describes the combinations of Mp carrier waves of Mc carrier waves with value-1 bits corresponding to the carrier waves to be transmitted, and receives the transmit signal created by performing transformation processing thereon to sample y. A matrix computing portion performs transformation processing on sample y? in a parallel form including an unnecessary signal component to symbol z?. A first decoding portion sequentially performs maximum likelihood value decoding on groups of M bits of symbol z? and finally decodes all of the symbol z? to symbol x?. If the symbol x? includes Mp value-1 bits, a second decoding portion handles the symbol x? as the final decoding result and if not, the second decoding portion performs maximum likelihood decoding on the entire symbol z? to obtain the final decoding result.

Abstract: A method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a pain associated with hematopoietic cell transplantation, which comprises the step of administrating thrombomodulin to a mammal.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus, a method, a program, and a self-organizing map which are capable of normalizing mobility without using a marker, as well as a substance detection method, a program, a detection rule creating method, and a data structure which use normalized mobility. The mobility normalizing method comprises the steps of determining a plurality of warping functions converting data to be corrected, which is unit time sequence data obtained by measuring mobility, to the respective plurality of reference waveform data sets, and a DTW distance associated with each warping function; evaluating a minimum value of the plurality of DTW distances, and determining the warping function associated with the determined minimum DTW distance; determining a slope and an intercept of a straight line approximating the determined warping function; and correcting the data to be corrected using a linear function specified by the slope and the intercept.

Abstract: A mechanism and a method for causing a flow of liquid crystal, which can be utilized industrially, and an object-moving mechanism, which makes use of the flow of liquid crystal, are provided. A mechanism for causing a flow of liquid crystal comprising (i) a channel “L” defined by at lease one wall surface “B,” (ii) liquid crystal “LC” which is put in the channel “L” and movable along said at least one wall surface “B”, and (iii) a means for turning the molecules “m” of the liquid crystal “LC” in a plane intersecting said at least one wall surface “B.” The mechanism makes use of the flow of the liquid crystal “LC” which is caused when the molecules “m” of the liquid crystal “LC” are turned. When the means for turning the molecules “m” of the liquid crystal “LC” turns the molecules “m” of the liquid crystal “LC” in a plane intersecting said at least one wall surface “B,” the liquid crystal “LC” flows along said at least one wall surface “B.

Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide a process for efficiently producing poly-?-glutamic acid having a high L-glutamic acid content and excellent quality. The process for producing poly-?-glutamic acid according to the present invention is characterized in using a bacterium belonging to species Bacillus megaterium.

Abstract: In a communication system including a plurality of pairs of a transmitting device 2 and a receiving device 3, the transmission performance in the pairs is to be improved. The transmitting device 2-k transmits a transmission signal sk(t) to the receiving device 3-k a plurality of number of times. The receiving device 3-k updates the weight matrix Wk and the hopping pattern Pk used by the FIR filter which performs filtering on the transmission signal rk(t) at a predetermined time interval. The receiving device 3-k transmits the updated hopping pattern Pk to the transmitting device 2-k. The transmitting device 2-k receives the hopping pattern Pk to be used for subsequent spread spectrum.

Abstract: Respective components of a leukocyte particle size pattern that includes a plurality of cellular component fractions are separated by performing a mixture density approximation using an EM algorithm, and characteristic parameters of each fraction are clustered. A similarity search with attention paid to a distribution pattern of a cell group of interest is thereby executed. An algorithm capable of doing a highly accurate similarity search from general viewpoints such as a search for the respective cellular components of a leukocyte or a combination of the respective components is developed. In addition, information useful for a diagnosis is provided.

Abstract: A gallium containing zinc oxide with an improved heat ray shielding function while keeping high transparency to visible light rays is provided. A gallium containing zinc oxide, which has a heat ray shielding function, a gallium content in the range of 0.25 to 25 % by weight, and a carrier electron density ne of 2×1020/ cm3 or higher.

Abstract: A display substrate is disclosed comprising: a supporting substrate; an organic resin layer formed on the supporting substrate; and a transparent electrode formed on the organic resin layer, wherein the transparent electrode includes: a first layer containing a zinc oxide and formed in close contact with the organic resin layer; and a second layer containing a zinc oxide and which has a thickness thicker than a thickness of the first layer and is formed on the first layer, wherein the first layer is deposited by either one of a DC sputtering and a DC magnetron sputtering, and the second layer is deposited by any one of a radio frequency sputtering, a radio frequency magnetron sputtering, a radio frequency superimposing a DC sputtering, and a radio frequency superimposing a DC magnetron sputtering, and the display substrate is available, for example, as the substrate having a transparent electrode for counter electrode of liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a gallium containing zinc oxide with an improved heat ray shielding function while keeping high transparency to visible light rays. The present invention is directed to a gallium containing zinc oxide, which has a heat ray shielding function, a gallium content of in the range of 0.25 to 25% by weight, and a carrier electron density ne of 2×1020/cm3 or higher.

Abstract: The present invention provides heteropolycyclic compounds represented by General Formulae (1) and (2): wherein R1 is a straight- or branched-chain C1-C10 alkyl group or the like; R2 and R3 are the same or different and are each a straight- or branched-chain C1-C10 alkyl group or the like; R4 and R5 are each a hydrogen atom; X is —OH or the like; X? is a straight- or branched-chain C1-C10 alkyl group or the like; and Z is —O— or the like. The heteropolycyclic compounds of the present invention have appropriate optical absorption wavelengths and fluorescence wavelengths and a high luminescence intensity, and can be advantageously used in various applications as colorants that have excellent performance in terms of heat resistance, light resistance, solubility, dispersibility in resist materials, solid luminescence, etc.

Abstract: In a rotating mechanism including a pair of members 11 and 11 having opposed surfaces B which are opposed to each other and provided to be relatively movable in a state in which the opposed surfaces B are opposed to each other, a liquid crystal LC provided between the opposed surfaces B and B of the members 11 and 11, and liquid crystal molecule rotating means for rotating a liquid crystal molecule m of the liquid crystal LC in a crossing surface crossing one of the opposed surfaces B and B, the liquid crystal molecule rotating means includes a pair of orientation films 12 and 12 formed on the opposed surfaces B and B, and the orientation films 12 and 12 are subjected to a rubbing treatment in which directions of a rotation around an identical crossing line crossing the members 11 and 11 are reverse to each other along a circumference of a circle having a center on the crossing line.

Abstract: Provided is a method for expressing characters, which can reduce the pain at fingertip during tactile reading, allows easier recognition than conventional Braille characters, and be substituted for the Braille characters. Another object of the present invention is to provide a print and others having the characters formed, and an apparatus for mutual conversion between the characters and regular letters or between the characters and Braille characters. The method for expressing characters for reading by tactile sense according to the present invention comprises: deciding location of multiple lines; making one or more of the lines have a raised cross section; and expressing characters by a positional pattern of the raised cross section lines.

Abstract: The present invention provides heteropolycyclic compounds represented by General Formulae (1) and (2): wherein R1 is a straight- or branched-chain C1-C10 alkyl group or the like; R2 and R3 are the same or different and are each a straight- or branched-chain C1-C10 alkyl group or the like; R4 and R5 are each a hydrogen atom; X is —OH or the like; X? is a straight- or branched-chain C1-C10 alkyl group or the like; and Z is —O— or the like. The heteropolycyclic compounds of the present invention have appropriate optical absorption wavelengths and fluorescence wavelengths and a high luminescence intensity, and can be advantageously used in various applications as colorants that have excellent performance in terms of heat resistance, light resistance, solubility, dispersibility in resist materials, solid luminescence, etc.

Abstract: Concerning feature extraction of documents in text mining, a method and an apparatus for extracting features having the same nature as those by LSA are provided that require smaller memory space and simpler program and apparatus than the apparatus for executing LSA. Features of each document are extracted by feature extracting acts on the basis of a term-document matrix updated by term-document updating acts and of a basis vector, spanning a space of effective features, calculated by basis vector calculations. Execution of respective acts is repeated until a predetermined requirement given by a user is satisfied.

Abstract: Underground rock cracks are blocked by using a slurry of blocking agent containing hectorite raw materials in an amount of 1 to 10 wt %, which comprises an acidic precipitate of water glass and magnesium chloride, sodium hydroxide, and lithium hydroxide and water, through the steps of injecting the slurry, allowing the slurry to flow into the cracks produced in rocks, and allowing hectorite synthesized from the raw materials contained in the slurry to gel under high temperature conditions of underground.