Abstract: Disclosed is a microwave oven provided with: a heating chamber (2) for housing the object to be cooked therein; a magnetron (7) that oscillates by having a voltage applied thereto, and generates a microwave to be supplied to the heating chamber (2); a radio wave sensor (11) for detecting the microwave generated by the magnetron (7); a timer (15) for measuring an oscillation starting time that is a period of time from when the voltage is applied to the magnetron (7) to when the microwave is detected by the radio wave sensor (11) due to the oscillation; and a notification unit (6) for sending a notice about the timing at which the magnetron (7) should be exchanged. When the oscillation starting time becomes longer than a prescribed period of time, a notice about that fact is sent by the notification unit (6).

Abstract: An image determining apparatus of the present invention includes an image type determining section (81) which determines whether an image is a scanned image or a captured image; and a compact PDF file generation determining section (82) which (a) extracts (i) a feature regarding a resolution from the scanned image or (ii) a feature regarding a blur from the captured image and (b) determines, on the basis of the extracted feature, whether or not the image is suitable for the conversion.

Abstract: A display device; a method for driving the display device; and electronic equipment, each enabling a detection device to perform detection with a frequency higher than a refresh frequency of the display device and with improved accuracy are provided. The display device has a screen including pixels and repeatedly alternates between a scanning frame during which the pixels are scanned to be sequentially brought into a selected state and a pause frame during which the pixels are not scanned, and includes a detection instructing circuit configured to output detection operation control signals corresponding to touch panel detection periods to the detection device in at least one pause frame. The detection instruction signal instructs the detection device to detect at least one of detection targets which are input by touching or approaching the screen and a radio wave coming from outside the display device.

Abstract: A paper feed apparatus includes a paper feeding portion that sends-out a paper placed in a paper placing tray, and is used in an image forming apparatus such as a multifunction machine. The paper feed apparatus comprises a first regulating portion and a second regulating portion that are arranged in the vicinity of a downstream side of a paper feeding position by the paper feeding portion. The first regulating portion is arranged outside a second width paper passage area to regulate a movement of a first width paper such as A4 paper placed in the paper placing tray toward a feeding direction. On the other hand, the second regulating portion is arranged inside the second width paper passage area to regulate a movement of a second width paper such as a name card placed in the paper placing tray toward a feeding direction.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a metal-ion battery electrode with large interstitial spacing. A working electrode with hexacyanometallate particles overlies a current collector. The hexacyanometallate particles have a chemical formula AmM1xM2y(CN)6.zH2O, and have a Prussian Blue hexacyanometallate crystal structure, where A is either alkali or alkaline-earth cations. M1 and M2 are metals with 2+ or 3+ valance positions. The working electrode is soaked in an organic first electrolyte including a salt including alkali or alkaline earth cations. A first electric field is created in the first electrolyte between the working electrode and a first counter electrode, causing A cations and water molecules to be simultaneously removed from interstitial spaces in the Prussian Blue hexacyanometallate crystal structure, forming hexacyanometallate particles having the chemical formula of Am?M1xM2y(CN)6.z?H2O, where m?<m and z?<z, overlying the working electrode.

Abstract: A system for image processing that matches a model image with an input image. The matching process includes using a feature location index for the model image.

Abstract: In a radio communication system using OCC for DMRS, a base station apparatus correctly receives PUSCH.

Abstract: Provided is an air purifier capable of increased air purification properties due to charged particles being blown out. A first air-blower blasts air, thus drawing air in from the outside to a first air-flow path, and an air-purification unit purifies the air and blows out same. A second air blower blasts air, thus drawing air in from the outside to a second air-flow path, and the air is blown out together with charged particles generated by a charged particle generator. A control unit controls the amount of air blasted by the second air-blower, according to the amount of air blasted by the first air-blower. Alternatively, the control unit controls the angle to be adjusted by the regulator, according to the amount of air blasted by the first air-blower.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that are useful as hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase inhibitors, the synthesis of such compounds, and the use of such compounds for inhibiting HCV NS5B polymerase activity, for treating or preventing HCV infections and for inhibiting HCV viral replication and/or viral production in a cell-based system.

Abstract: A normally-off-type HFET includes: an undoped AlwGa1-wN layer of t1 thickness, an undoped AlxGa1-xN layer of t2 thickness and an undoped GaN channel layer of tch thickness that are sequentially stacked; a source electrode and a drain electrode separated from each other and electrically connected to the channel layer; an undoped AlyGa1-yN layer of t3 thickness formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode on the channel layer; an AlzGa1-zN layer of t4 thickness formed in a shape of a mesa on a partial area of the AlyGa1-yN layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a Schottky barrier type gate electrode formed on the AlzGa1-zN layer, in which conditions of y>x>w>z, t1>t4>t3 and 2wtch/(x?w)>t2>1 nm are satisfied.

Abstract: An electronic device whose power consumption can be reduced appropriately depending on the condition of use by a user is provided. The electronic device having a power saving mode includes a processor and a plurality of memories configured to be able to become a stopped state individually, and available to the processor. The processor causes a predetermined number of memories among the plurality of memories to become the stopped state, based on a processing load of the processor, to thereby make a shift to the power saving mode. In the power saving mode, the processor has a standby state of restricting the operation of a part of the electronic device and an active state of normally controlling the operation of the electronic device, and maintains the stopped state of the predetermined number of memories regardless of whether the processor is in the standby state or the active state.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives using a PDCCH, downlink control information (DCI) including second information (SI), the DCI being used for scheduling of a PUSCH in one uplink component carrier. The UE transmits using the PUSCH, channel state information (CSI) for a first set of one or more downlink component carriers (DCCs) which is configured in a case that more than one DCC is configured and the DCI including the SI is received and a value of the field of the SI is a first value. The UE transmits using the PUSCH, the CSI for a second set of the one or more DCCs which is configured in a case that the more than one DCC is configured and the DCI including the SI is received and a value of the field of the SI is a second value, where the DCI is mapped on a UE specific search space.

Abstract: In a proximity service, when positional information is notifies to a server in advance and the proximity service is started, UE that transmits and receives data receives the proximity degree including a communication target UE from the server before proximity discovery is performed to discover the communication target UE, and the UE controls unnecessary proximity discovery by discovering the communication target UE based on the proximity degree.

Abstract: 2?-disubstituted substituted nucleoside derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed: (1), wherein A is N3 or NH2 and X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R18 are as defined herein. Compositions comprising at least one 2?-disubstituted nucleoside derivative, and methods of using the 2?-disubstituted nucleoside derivatives for treating or preventing HCV infection in a patient are disclosed.

Abstract: An array board 1311b includes a first conductive film, a second conductive film, an insulator, an alignment film 1311e, and at least two inclined portions 48, 49. The second conductive film is disposed above the first conductive film and at least a portion of the second conductive film overlap the first conductive film in a plan view. The insulator is disposed between the first conductive film and the second conductive film. The insulator includes a contact hole formed at a position overlapping the first conductive film and the second conductive film in a plan view and connects the second conductive film to the first conductive film. The alignment film 1311e is disposed above the second conductive film. The alignment film 1311e includes a portion that overlaps the contact hole in a plan view and a portion that does not overlap the contact hole in a plan view. The inclined portions 48, 49 are formed at an edge of the contact hole in the insulator.

Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell stack, comprising: a first fuel cell including a first membrane electrode assembly, and a first fuel supply portion having a first in-cell fuel flow channel; a second fuel cell arranged on a main surface of the first fuel cell, and including a second membrane electrode assembly and a second fuel supply portion having a second in-cell fuel flow channel; and a fuel distribution portion including a liquid fuel inlet, a main flow channel connected thereto, and first and second branched flow channels connecting an end of the main flow channel with the first and second in-cell fuel flow channels, respectively, wherein a total length of the first branched flow channel and the first in-cell fuel flow channel is substantially identical to that of the second branched flow channel and the second in-cell fuel flow channel. Also provided is a fuel cell system using the stack.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes.

Abstract: A touch panel system (1) includes a touch panel (3) and a touch position detecting section (5) for detecting a touch position on the touch panel (3). The touch position detecting section (5) includes a touch start determining section (56) for (i) setting a determining region based on a touch start position candidate which is a touch position that has been detected relatively earliest and (ii) determining that touches have been started from the touch start position candidate in a case where the touches whose starting point is at the touch start position candidate have been successively detected within the determining region a predetermined number of times or more.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus can be notified whether an MU-MIMO signal transmitted from a base station apparatus is linear-precoded or nonlinear-precoded by using effective signaling. According to the present invention, the base station apparatus decides whether the nonlinear precoding is used in an own cell, includes the decided nonlinear precoding setting information in system information or a layer 3 message, and notifies the terminal apparatus of the decided nonlinear precoding setting information by using a physical broadcast channel, a physical downlink share channel, or the like. The terminal apparatus performs a demodulation process for user data destined for the own terminal apparatus based on the nonlinear precoding setting information acquired from the notified system information or layer 3 message.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 4-pyridinone compounds which are inhibitors of catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT), and are useful in the treatment and prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which COMT enzyme is involved. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which COMT is involved.