Abstract: A nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a conductive substrate, a first metal layer, a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an emission layer, and a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer in this order. The nitride semiconductor light emitting device additionally has an insulating layer covering at least side surfaces of the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, the emission layer and the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer. A method of manufacturing the same is provided. The nitride semiconductor light emitting device may further include a second metal layer. Thus, a reliable nitride semiconductor light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided in which short-circuit at the PN junction portion and current leak is reduced as compared with the conventional examples.

Abstract: A water purifier includes a first crystallization chamber and a second crystallization chamber that each receives a supply of input water; wherein each of the first and second crystallization chambers is a freeze/thaw chamber in which water is alternately frozen and thawed. A refrigerant circuit alternately supplies cold refrigerant to freeze the input water in one of the crystallization chambers, and supplies heated refrigerant to the other of the crystallization chambers to thaw the purified water. The first and second crystallization chambers operate concurrently and out-of-phase whereby heat recovered from freezing in one of the crystallization chambers is transferred by the refrigerant circuit for use in thawing in the other of the crystallization chambers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device each of which exhibits a sufficiently increased transmittance and an excellent response speed in falling, with its three-layered electrode structure that controls the alignment of liquid crystal molecules by an electric field in both rising and falling. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, the first substrate and the second substrate each having an electrode, the first substrate further having a dielectric layer, the electrode of the second substrate including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes and a planar electrode.

Abstract: A mobile station device that includes a receiving unit. The receiving unit of mobile station device receives using at least a first downlink component carrier and a second downlink component carrier which are aggregated, the receiving unit is configured to receive, a first physical downlink control channel for the mobile station device, on the first downlink component carrier, and a second physical downlink control channel for the mobile station device, on the second downlink component carrier, where both a first sequence including at least modulated symbols of the first physical downlink control channel and a second sequence including at least modulated symbols of the second physical downlink control channel are cyclically-shifted by a base station.

Abstract: A method for receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving an RRC connection reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message including secondary cell group (SCG) configuration parameters. The RRC connection reconfiguration message has a structure that the SCG configuration parameters do not include a data radio bearer (DRB) configuration.

Abstract: The present invention provides a circuit substrate and a display device in which oxide semiconductor layers that TFTs include are produced according to areas where the oxide semiconductor layers are present, whereby the reliability thereof is sufficiently enhanced. This circuit substrate is a circuit substrate obtained by arranging semiconductor elements on a transparent substrate, each of the semiconductor elements including an oxide semiconductor layer. The circuit substrate includes a protective film arranged above the semiconductor element, and an organic insulating film arranged above the protective film. The organic insulating films have openings above at least a part of oxide semiconductor layers.

Abstract: A mobile station (MS) communicates in a plurality of subframes on a plurality of cells. The MS receives one or more PDSCHs in a plurality of downlink subframes on each of the plurality of cells. Further, the MS generates ACK/NACK for receptions of the one or more PDSCHs. The MS also selects one PUCCH resource from a plurality of PUCCH resources in an uplink subframe, in accordance with the ACK/NACK. In addition, the MS sets a transmit power for a PUCCH transmission on the selected PUCCH resource using a PUCCH format in accordance with at least one parameter. Furtheimore, the MS transmits, with the set transmit power, information related to the ACK/NACK on the selected PUCCH resource. Also, the MS determines a value of the parameter in accordance with the number of cells where the one or more PDSCHs have been received in the plurality of downlink subframes.

Abstract: A method for component carrier configuration is provided. The method includes: generating, by a Base Station (BS), secondary cell (SCell) configuration information and transmitting it to a User Equipment (UE); transmitting, by the BS, an SCell activation request for the UE to a micro BS and receiving from the micro BS an SCell activation response to the SCell activation request; and transmitting, by the BS, SCell activation information to the UE if the received SCell activation response indicates that the SCell activation request is accepted by the micro BS. The SCell configuration information contains group numbers and indices of SCells associated with the BS and the micro BS, respectively, and indicates a secondary primary cell (S-PCell) associated with the micro BS. The present invention also provides a BS and a UE.

Abstract: A backlight apparatus includes LEDs; a light guide plate; an optical member; a chassis formed by bending a metal plate material, the chassis including a bottom plate (plate portion) that extends along the light guide plate, a rising portion (first extending portion) that rises from the bottom plate on an opposite side to the light guide plate and forms a first corner portion with the bottom plate, and a height-difference portion that forms a second corner portion with the rising portion and provides a height-difference portion with respect to the bottom plate; and a heat dissipating member that dissipates heat of the LEDs, the heat dissipating member including a light source attachment portion to which the LEDs are attached and a chassis contacting portion that is contiguous with the light source attachment portion and is in contact with the height-difference portion from the opposite side to the light guide plate.

Abstract: A display calibration system includes: a display section subject to calibration; a correction data outputting section configured to perform a calibration process to determine, for each of the pixels of the display section, correction data for non-uniformity correction; and a first storage section configured to store reference data to be used in the calibration process. The reference data represents, for individual color patches of a first predetermined number, correspondences between RGB values and reference values. The correction data outputting section obtains, on a basis of the reference data and the measurement values of the color patches of a second predetermined number that is less than the first predetermined number, the pieces of correction data with respect to RGB values of the individual color patches of the predetermined second number. With this arrangement, it is possible to shorten a processing time of the calibration process.

Abstract: A method for receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving, from a first evolved Node B (eNB), an RRC connection reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message including data radio bearer (DRB) configuration parameters for remapping a DRB that is established on a master cell group (MCG) to a secondary cell group (SCG).

Abstract: The invention provides an inactivated varicella zoster virus (VZV), and compositions and vaccines comprising said inactivated VZV, wherein the infectivity of the VZV is undetectable and wherein the inactivated VZV induces an immune response against VZV when administered to a patient. In embodiments of the compositions described herein, the VZV is inactivated with gamma radiation. The invention also provides a method of preparing an inactivated VZV vaccine, the method comprising gamma irradiating a sample comprising a VZV using from about 5 kGy to about 50 kGy of gamma radiation. Also provided by the invention herein is a method of treatment of or immunization against HZ or other disease associated with the reactivation of VZV, the method comprising administering to a subject a vaccine or pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an inactivated VZV and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the VZV is inactivated by gamma irradiation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a circuit substrate that can reduce Cgd capacitance, sufficiently prevent the influence of Cgd capacitance on applied voltage, together with sufficiently make the reliability of the circuit substrate favorable, to provide a method of manufacturing thereof, and a display device.

Abstract: A UE receives information indicating a specific downlink component carrier (DCC), a first PUCCH (PUCCH1), and a second PUCCH (PUCCH2). The UE transmits HARQ-CI (HARQ control information) in a subframe using i) the PUCCH1 and a PUCCH1 format, the PUCCH1 and the PUCCH1 format being used for the transmission of the HARQ-CI for a PDSCH transmission on a DCC different from the specific DCC, the PDSCH transmission being indicated by a detection of a PDCCH in a UE-specific search space and ii) the PUCCH2 and a PUCCH2 format, the PUCCH2 and the PUCCH2 format being used for the transmission of the HARQ-CI for a PDSCH transmission only on the specific DCC, the PDSCH transmission being indicated by a detection of a PDCCH in a common search space. The PUCCH1 format is used for transmitting HARQ-CI together with a scheduling request using the PUCCH1.

Abstract: A touch panel having excellent detection sensitivity and response speed is provided with high reliability. This touch panel is provided with a first substrate, a second substrate, electrodes which detect the deformation amount of the second substrate, and first spacers and second spacers. The second spacers are provided in contact with both the substrates in a normal state, and the first spacers are lower than the second spacers, and the first spacers are provided on the first substrate and are separated from the second substrate in the normal state.

Abstract: In a composite semiconductor device which is provided with a normally-on-type first transistor and a normally-off-type second transistor which are serially connected, the second transistor is selected so as to satisfy Formula (1): C oss > C ds ? V ds V br - C ds - C gs ( 1 ) In this regard: Coss: output capacitance of second transistor Cds: drain to source capacitance of first transistor Cgs: gate to source capacitance of first transistor Vds: power supply voltage Vbr: breakdown voltage of second transistor.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for sending, by a first computing device to a second computing device, a set of authentication information; determining, by the second computing device, a globally unique identifier associated with the set of authentication information; determining, by the first computing device, a set of properties associated with the received request based on the determined globally unique identifier; and establishing, by the first computing device, a communication channel to the second computing device, wherein the communication channel is established based on the determined set of properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides, in part, methods and compositions for treating lipid disorders comprising administering a polypeptide that inhibits PCSK9. A novel method for identifying polypeptides that interact with PCSK9 is also provided.

Abstract: A vapor deposition device (50) in accordance with the present invention is a vapor deposition device for forming a film on a film formation substrate (60), including: a vapor deposition source (91) which has a plurality of injection holes (92) from which vapor deposition particles are to be injected towards the film formation substrate (60), the plurality of injection holes (92) being arranged in a line or in a plurality of lines; a vapor deposition crucible (93) for supplying the vapor deposition particles to the vapor deposition source (91) via a pipe (94), the pipe being connected to the vapor deposition source (91) on a side where one end of the line(s) of the plurality of injection holes (92) is located; moving means for moving the film formation substrate (60) relative to the vapor deposition source(s) (91); and a rotation mechanism (100) for rotating the vapor deposition source (91).

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a printed top gate thin film transistor (TFT) with a short channel length. The method provides a substrate with a low surface energy top surface. A metal ink line is continuously printed across a region of the substrate top surface, and in response to the surface tension of the printed metal ink, discrete spherical ink caps are formed in the region. Then, the surface energy of the substrate top surface in the region is increased. A source metal ink line is printed overlying a source spherical ink cap contact, and a drain metal ink line, parallel to the source metal ink line, is printed overlying a drain spherical ink cap contact. After depositing a semiconductor film, a channel is formed in the semiconductor film between the source and drain spherical ink cap contacts having a channel length equal to the first distance.