Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a document reader, a storage for storing image data, an image output unit and a control unit. The control unit includes: a function setup controller for setting up the image output conditions of output images; and a control-unit side controller having a function of displaying a function setup screen corresponding to the function setup controller, on a display panel. The function setup controller has an additional input mode having a function of reading documents a multiple number of times to form multiple sheaves of documents. The additional input mode includes: an individual setup function of setting up individual image output conditions for each sheaf of documents and an all-in setup function of setting up identical image output conditions for all sheaves of documents.

Abstract: The light-emitting device of the present invention includes LED chips provided on a ceramic substrate and a sealing material in which the LED chips are embedded. The sealing material contains a fluorescent substance and divided into a first fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer and a second fluorescent-substance-containing resin layer by a first resin ring and a second resin ring.

Abstract: An air cathode battery is provided that uses a zinc slurry anode with carbon additives. The battery is made from an air cathode and a zinc slurry anode. The zinc slurry anode includes zinc particles, an alkaline electrolyte, with a complexing agent and carbon additives in the alkaline electrolyte. A water permeable ion-exchange membrane and electrolyte chamber separate the zinc slurry from the air cathode. The carbon additives may, for example, be graphite, carbon fiber, carbon black, or carbon nanoparticles. The proportion of carbon additives to zinc is in the range of 2.5 to 10% by weight. The proportion of alkaline electrolyte in the zinc slurry is in the range of 50 to 80% by volume.

Abstract: A porous electrode of the present invention is a porous electrode in which at least a first porous layer, an intermediate layer and a second porous layer are stacked on a substrate in this order, characterized in that the first porous layer and the second porous layer are formed of particles of the same material, and the first porous layer and the intermediate layer are formed of particles of different materials from each other. Preferably, the average particle diameter of the particles constituting the first porous layer differ in average particle diameter from the particles constituting the second porous layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch panel controller for controlling even a large touch panel with little EMI. The touch panel controller of the present invention includes a plurality of driving circuits (DC1 through DCm) for driving respective drive lines (DL1 through DLm) of a capacitive touch panel unit 2 by supplying driving signals (Ds) to the respective drive lines (DL1 through DLm), and a rise/fall time of each of the driving signals (Ds) is variable.

Abstract: Each pixel region of an active matrix substrate includes a thin-film transistor, an interlayer insulating layer that includes an organic insulating layer, a transparent connection layer formed on the interlayer insulating layer, an inorganic insulating layer formed on the transparent connection layer, and a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating layer. The transparent connection layer contacts a drain electrode inside of a first contact hole formed in the interlayer insulating layer. The pixel electrode contacts the transparent connection layer inside of a second contact hole formed in the inorganic insulating layer. The first contact hole and the second contact hole do not overlap with one another when a substrate is viewed from a normal direction. Inside the first contact hole, a bottom surface and sidewalls of the first contact hole are covered by the transparent connection layer, the inorganic insulating layer, and the pixel electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a memory transistor (10A) which is capable of being irreversibly changed from a semiconductor state where drain current Ids depends on gate voltage Vg to a resistor state where drain current Ids does not depend on gate voltage Vg. The memory transistor (10A) includes a gate electrode (3), a metal oxide layer (7), a gate insulating film (5), and source and drain electrodes. The drain electrode (9d) has a multilayer structure which includes a first drain metal layer (9d1) and a second drain metal layer (9d2), the first drain metal layer (9d1) being made of a first metal whose melting point is not less than 1200° C., the second drain metal layer (9d2) being made of a second metal whose melting point is lower than that of the first metal. Part P of the drain electrode 9d extends over both the metal oxide layer (7) and the gate electrode (3) when viewed in a direction normal to a surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of N-protected 6-(piperidin-4-ylcarbamoyl)piperidin-3-yl sulfonates of Formula (III): which comprises contacting a lactone of Formula (II): with an azacycloalkylamine of formula (II-Am): followed by contact with a sulfonyl halide of formula (II-Su): R4—SO2W (II-Su) in the presence of tertiary amine base, wherein PG1 and PG2 are amine protective groups; k, p and q are 0, 1, or 2, and W, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are defined herein. Additional embodiments add a series of process steps leading to the synthesis of 7-oxo-1,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octanes suitable for use as ?-lactamase inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention enables a signal containing control information to be efficiently transmitted and received between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus includes a first control unit configured to control, for a localized EPDCCH which is an EPDCCH constituted by a resource of one PRB pair, the EPDCCH being constituted by an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, a plurality of PRB pairs being configured as a region to which the EPDCCH is to be possibly mapped, an antenna port associated with a reference signal used for demodulation of a signal mapped to a corresponding ECCE constituted by a resource obtained by dividing the PRB pair.

Abstract: A battery structure is provided for making alkali ion and alkaline-earth ion batteries. The battery has a hexacyanometallate cathode, a non-metal anode, and non-aqueous electrolyte. A method is provided for forming the hexacyanometallate battery cathode and non-metal battery anode prior to the battery assembly. The cathode includes hexacyanometallate particles overlying a current collector. The hexacyanometallate particles have the chemical formula A?n?AmM1xM2y(CN)6, and have a Prussian Blue hexacyanometallate crystal structure.

Abstract: An image determination part configured to determine whether or not an image based on an input image signal is an image analogous to a polarity reversal pattern in a reversal driving scheme employed by default and to output a determination result, and a reversal pattern decision part configured to decide a reversal driving scheme based on the determination result are provided as constituent elements anterior to a liquid crystal drive unit. With regard to each unit area where the determination by the image determination part is made, the reversal pattern decision part decides the reversal driving scheme in the unit area, as a reversal driving scheme different from the reversal driving scheme employed by default, when the determination result indicates that the image based on the input image signal is the image analogous to the polarity reversal pattern in the reversal driving scheme employed by default.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure, kidney disease, edema, and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stereoscopic display device that can reduce moiré that occurs due to light-shielding areas in the aperture of pixels. The stereoscopic display device includes a display panel and a parallax barrier. The display panel has a plurality of pixels and displays a stereoscopic image. In the parallax barrier, the direction in which transmissive and non-transmissive parts are alternately arranged is the first direction and the lengthwise direction of the non-transmissive parts is the second direction. There is a boundary that extends in the second direction between two pixels next to each other in the first direction. There are light-shielding areas in the aperture of each pixel. There is a space between the boundary and the light-shielding areas. Of two pixels next to each other in the second direction, the light-shielding areas in the aperture of one pixel are shifted in the first direction with respect to the light-shielding areas in the aperture of the other pixel.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of reliably reducing power consumption during pause drive by controlling the timing of performing refresh. When there is an image change in externally inputted RGB data, or when the number of consecutive pause frames reaches a predetermined value, if the number of immediately preceding pause frames is less than a threshold BCTH, image signal refresh is performed once, or if the number of pause frames is greater than or equal to the threshold BCTH, boost charge refresh is performed first, and then, the image signal refresh is performed. As a result, it is rendered possible to reduce flicker due to luminance reduction, and it is also rendered possible to eliminate the need to perform refresh consecutively even if the frequency of RGB data is high (e.g., 30 Hz) during pause drive.

Abstract: A mobile phone includes an antenna housing made of a resin, an insert metal plate made of a metal, which is buried in the antenna housing and has a connecting portion exposed from an outer surface of the antenna housing, and an antenna element provided on the outer surface of the antenna housing and brought into contact with the connecting portion. A boundary between a region where the antenna element is in contact with the connecting portion and a region where the antenna element is in contact with the antenna housing is nonlinear. With this structure, a mobile device is provided in which deterioration of the antenna performance is reduced even in the event of being subjected to an excessive external shock.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of RORgammaT-mediated diseases or conditions.

Abstract: There is provided a terminal device that transmits a signal to a base station apparatus through uplink, the terminal device including: a transmission unit that transmits to the base station apparatus a first MAC control element which includes a first buffer size field indicating an amount of first data available for transmission within a first buffer for the uplink and a second MAC control element which includes a second buffer size field indicating an amount of second data available for transmission within a second buffer for a first link that is used for communication between the terminal device and a different terminal device, in which, in a case where a first parameter is not configured, a value that is used in the first buffer size field is indicated with a first table, in which, in the case where the first parameter is configured, the value that is used in the first buffer size field is indicated with a second table, and in which a value that is used in the second buffer size field is indicated at all t

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method performed by a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity and the PDCP entity.

Abstract: A mobile station apparatus that receives first information by using a radio resource control signal. The mobile station apparatus is programmed to drop a transmission of a sounding reference signal, where in a case that the first information is configured, in a case that the transmission of the sounding reference signal for a first component carrier overlaps with a transmission of a physical uplink control channel for a second component carrier, and in a case that, on the overlapped portion, total transmit power of the mobile station apparatus exceeds total maximum output power configured by the mobile station apparatus.