Abstract: The present invention is directed to N-linked lactam compounds of general formula (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a memory circuit including a memory element to which writing can be performed with a small current and a low voltage, i.e., low power consumption, and provides a non-volatile storage device that can easily reduce a chip size by using this memory circuit. A memory element 1 is a memory transistor having a transistor structure including a source electrode 14, a drain electrode 15, a gate electrode 11, and, a source region, a drain region, and a channel region made of a metal oxide semiconductor layer 13. The resistance property between the source and the drain shows a low resistance, and the memory transistor is changed to have an ohmic resistance property, regardless of a voltage application state of the gate electrode, by allowing a writing current with a density not less than a predetermined value to flow in the channel region to generate Joule heat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel Anilinopiperazine Derivatives of Formula (I), compositions comprising the Anilinopiperazine Derivatives, and methods for using the Anilinopiperazine Derivatives for treating or preventing a proliferative disorder, cancer, an anti-proliferative disorder, inflammation, arthritis, a central nervous system disorder, a cardiovascular disease, alopecia, a neuronal disease, an ischemic injury, a viral disease, a fungal infection, or a disorder related to the activity of a protein kinase.

Abstract: A display module 1 of the present invention includes a first board 3, a second board 4, a base film 5, and a circuit member 2. The first board 3 and the second board 4 are bonded together to face with each other. The base film 5 is provided between the first board 3 and the second board 4 and extends outwardly from an end of the first board 3. The base film 5 has an insulating property and the extended portion is bent to an outer surface side of one of the first board 3 and the second board 4. The circuit member 2 is formed on the base film 5.

Abstract: A mobile station (MS) that sends a request message for establishing only one PDN connection which provides connectivity to a PDN associated with an APN, the PDN connection being used only for a communication between an external gateway device (EGD) and a plurality of terminal devices which include said at least one terminal device. The MS receives the APN, an EPS bearer ID, and an address block, the address block being allocated by the EGD to the PDN connection, and the EPS bearer ID being allocated to the PDN connection. The MS allocates an IPv6 prefix based on the address block to the at least one terminal device, and transfers, based on the EPS bearer ID, user data as a router from the at least one terminal device to the PDN associated with the APN via the PDN connection, wherein the user data being transferred from the terminal devices using an IP address configured based on the assigned IPv6 prefix.

Abstract: Provided is a backlight device that includes: LEDs; a LED substrate; a light guide plate having a light-exiting surface, an opposite surface on an opposite side of the light-exiting surface, and a light-receiving face; a chassis; a frame; a heat dissipating member having a bottom part and a raised part; a pair of fixing members, each having a gripping part that extends along a long-side direction of the raised part and that grips each end in the long-side direction of the raised part in a direction perpendicular to a plate surface of the raised part, and a locking part that extends along the long-side direction of the raised part and that is locked to each of side faces adjacent to the light-receiving face of the light guide plate on a side of the light-receiving face. The pair of fixing members keeps a distance between the LED substrate and the light guide plate constant by fixing a distance between the gripping part and the locking part.

Abstract: A medication injector that has an alert indicator that alerts the user when the medication injector is approaching near the end of its medication supply is disclosed. The alert indicator gives the user an opportunity to make preparations to obtain additional medication for the injector if there is an insufficient amount of medication in the injector to enable the user to dispense the required dosage amount with the next injection. Initially, the alert indicator is not visible to the user, but becomes visible to the user when the injector is near empty.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting element includes a substrate and a semiconductor stack portion provided on the substrate and having at least a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer. The substrate has a property to allow transmission of light from the light-emitting layer, and has a hexahedral shape including a first surface on which a semiconductor stack portion is provided, a second surface located opposite to the first surface, a pair of third surfaces orthogonal to the first surface and the second surface, and a pair of fourth surfaces orthogonal to the first surface and the second surface and different from the pair of third surfaces.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and may be useful for raising HDL-cholesterol and reducing LDL-cholesterol in human patients and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis. The chemical compounds that are disclosed cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) and are expected to have utility in raising HDL-C, lowering LDL-C, and in the treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis.

Abstract: In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain C2-ring-substituted iminothiazine compounds, including compounds Formula (I): (structurally represented) or a tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds and, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, ring A, RA, m, -L1-, and RL are as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention are useful as BACE inhibitors and/or for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies related thereto. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, including for the possible treatment of Alzheimer's disease, are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrode structure for nitride semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a source electrode and a drain electrode provided from recesses of a nitride semiconductor multilayer structure to a surface of an insulating film so as to be in contact with the surface of the nitride semiconductor multilayer structure between the insulating film and the opening edges of the recesses. According to the structure of the ohmic electrodes, ON-state maximum electric field at ends of the source electrode and the drain electrode adjacent to the nitride semiconductor multilayer structure can be reduced so that the ON-state withstand voltage can be improved, as compared with an electrode structure in which end edge portions of ohmic electrodes are sandwiched between a nitride semiconductor multilayer structure and an insulating film.

Abstract: A solar energy utilization system includes a solar panel, a motor that is driven by solar output power, and a motor stall prevention device that prevents the motor during drive from stalling, and as the motor stall prevention device, any of following devices is selected: (a) a motor stall prevention device that limits solar output voltage to voltage higher than voltage at which the solar panel outputs maximum power at the point in time; (b) a motor stall prevention device that limits solar output voltage to voltage at which, when the output voltage is changed on a P-V curve, a change rate becomes negative; and (c) a motor stall prevention device that is configured by a capacitor which is connected in parallel to the solar panel and stores power generated by the solar panel.

Abstract: A broadcast program playback system (1) includes: a television (10) for simultaneously displaying a broadcast program and a video identical to a video displayed on an entire part of a screen of a smartphone (20); and a smartphone (20) which includes a display information acquiring section (22) for acquiring predetermined display information in accordance with program information received from the television (10) and which displays the predetermined display information in a format allowing a user to make selection.

Abstract: An electronic blackboard includes a display panel and a touch-panel, draws a line corresponding to a track formed by movement of the touched position on the displayed image, and erases an erroneously drawn line corresponding to a track specifying an operation other than drawing. In another aspect, an electronic blackboard includes a touch screen, a scroll unit for scrolling an image on the display screen when positions of multi-touch move in one same direction, and a page switching unit for detecting, after detection of multi-touch input, that a finger is moved away, and executing a process of returning the image on the display screen to a state before scrolling or a process of switching the image by one page in accordance with the moving direction of multi-touch positions, depending on whether the amount of movement of touch inputs is equal to or smaller than a threshold value.

Abstract: An electric power control device has a first connector connected to a second connector provided in a second appliance, and a control circuit provided within a first appliance that exchanges electric power with the second appliance via a harness and connected to the first connector via the harness. The first connector includes a latching solenoid that switches connector connection, i.e., connection between the first and second connectors, between a locked state and an unlocked state. The control circuit outputs a first or second voltage to an operating coil inside the latching solenoid to bring the connector connection into the locked or unlocked state, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a nitride semiconductor light-emitting element including in order a first n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a second n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an n-type electron-injection layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the average n-type dopant concentration of the second n-type nitride semiconductor layer is 0.53 times or less as high as the average n-type dopant concentration of the first n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and the average n-type dopant concentration of the n-type electron-injection layer is 1.5 times or more as high as the average n-type dopant concentration of the second n-type nitride semiconductor layer.

Abstract: There is provided a wireless communication apparatus which achieves high efficiency in power use in such a manner that transmission power is adequately distributed in simultaneous transmission to multiple base stations. The wireless communication apparatus provided by the present invention, at the same time, transmits a first data signal to a first base station apparatus by using a first CC and transmits a second data signal to a second base station apparatus by using a second CC. The wireless communication apparatus includes a transmission-power controller that scales transmission power by using different scaling factors for the first data signal and the second data signal, when the sum of transmission power of the first data signal and transmission power of the second data signal is larger than a predetermined value. The transmission power of the first data signal is calculated to obtain predetermined reception power in the first base station apparatus.

Abstract: A pixel of a liquid crystal panel is constituted by three subpixels. When the gradation of the pixel can be represented by only the subpixel, with setting the gradations of the subpixels to their minimum gradations, the gradation of the subpixel is determined. When the gradation of the pixel is represented by the subpixels, with setting the gradation of the subpixel to its maximum gradation and setting the gradation of the subpixel to its minimum gradation, the gradation of the subpixel is determined so that the ratio of the transmittance of the subpixel to the transmittance of the pixel is less than a limit value. When the gradation of the subpixel cannot be determined to satisfy a condition, with setting the gradation of the subpixel to its minimum gradation, the gradations of the subpixels are determined to obtain a gradation higher than or equal to the gradation of the pixel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer, a pixel electrode, a counter electrode, a first molecule orientation film formed on the first substrate so as to cover the pixel electrode, and a second molecule orientation film formed on the second substrate so as to cover the counter electrode. The pixel electrode includes first micro-electrode patterns extending in a first direction, second micro-electrode patterns extending in a second direction, third micro-electrode patterns extending in a third direction and fourth micro-electrode patterns extending in a fourth direction, wherein the first, second, third and fourth directions are different from one another.

Abstract: An LED driver circuit includes light-element lines, a general purpose LED driving circuit that controls a current value, and current compensation lines respectively connected to the light-element lines. Each of the current compensation lines is provided with a fixed current source and a switch, and the switch switches an open/closed state of the current compensation line.