Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device in which abrasive grain marks are formed in a surface of a semiconductor substrate, a dopant diffusion region has a portion extending in a direction which forms an angle included in a range of ?5° to +5° with a direction in which the abrasive grain marks extend, and the dopant diffusion region is formed by diffusing a dopant from a doping paste placed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device.

Abstract: This backlight device (illumination device) (12) is provided with: a plurality of LEDs (light sources) (17) arranged in a row at intervals; a light-guide plate (16) having a light-receiving surface (16b) that is arranged opposing the LEDs (17) and that receives light from the LEDs (17) and a light-emitting surface (16a) from which the light that entered is emitted; a reflective sheet (reflective member) (20) arranged so as to cover the surface of the light-guide plate (16) opposite to the light-emitting surface (16a) and that reflects light toward the light-emitting surface (16a); and an extended reflective part (26) provided in an edge portion of the reflective sheet (20), the extended reflective part (26) extending toward the LEDs (17) from the light-receiving surface (16b), the extended reflective part (26) having openings (27) formed therein that correspond to the arrangement pattern of the LEDs (17), thereby being arranged corresponding to the non-arrangement pattern where the LEDs (17) are not provided.

Abstract: A model-based method for assessing acoustic signal quality in a heart monitoring device. The personal heart sound interval distribution of a person being actively monitored is compared with a modeled global heart sound interval distribution shared by most human beings after which processing action is taken consistent with the quality assessment. The error in the best fit between the personal interval distribution and the global interval distribution is presumed to be caused predominantly by noise, allowing the quality of the fit to serve as a proxy for the level of noise in the acoustic signal and used in making processing decisions.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus (100) includes: a side cover (201) mounted on a side part of an apparatus body to be freely opened and closed; a fixing portion (80) mounted inside the apparatus body and close to the side cover (201) and fixing an image to a paper sheet P fed in a direction from a bottom to a top of the apparatus body; and a document platen (130) mounted at an upper part of the apparatus body and supporting a document placed thereon. The document platen (130) includes a cutout portion (130K) formed in a manner such that a portion opposed to an upper part of the side cover (201) is cut out inside; and the fixing portion (80) includes a nip (85) that, when the side cover (201) is opened, can be viewed obliquely from a lateral upper side of the apparatus body through the cutout portion (130K).

Abstract: A display device uses a plurality of monitors to constitute a single image, achieves high contrast and, suppresses variations in luminance among the monitors. Each monitor is provided with an image analysis portion that finds a first feature quantity in a video display region corresponding to a region of an LED backlight, and a gradation control portion that determines a first luminance level for the corresponding LEDs region and calculates a luminance stretch quantity for stretching the first luminance levels uniformly. A microcomputer selects a minimum luminance stretch quantity from among the monitors and outputs the selected minimum luminance stretch quantity to the monitors. The gradation control portion for each monitor stretches the first luminance levels uniformly to determine a second luminance level on the basis of the minimum luminance stretch quantity acquired from the microcomputer.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device. A first color space converting unit converts image data in an RGB colorimetric system, which has a color gamut wider than a color gamut of a liquid crystal panel into image data in an XYZ colorimetric system. A three-dimensional nonlinear color gamut converting unit performs conversion on tristimulus values of the XYZ signal. At this time, the image data is classified into four colors and converted respectively such that the first color is displayed in a color accurate to the inputted data, the second color is displayed such that saturation of the second color is increased, the third color is displayed using a color gamut of a predetermined range out of the color gamut of the liquid crystal panel, and the fourth color is displayed in a color corresponding to a boundary of the color gamut of the liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for reporting information is described. The UE includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The UE selects a reference cell having a reference uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration. The UE also selects a first uplink subframe from the reference cell. The UE further selects a first subframe set from a first cell having a first UL-DL configuration. The first UL-DL configuration is different than the reference UL-DL configuration. The UE additionally determines a first set of associations between the first subframe set and the first uplink subframe. The UE further aggregates information corresponding to the reference cell and information corresponding to the first cell based on the first set of associations to produce aggregated information. The UE also reports the aggregated information on an uplink reporting cell.

Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of A?-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLS, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid ? 1-42.

Abstract: Provided is an illumination device that is capable of improving the utilization efficiency of light, while being lighter and thinner. This illumination device (10) is provided with: a light source (11) that emits ultraviolet light; a light guide plate (14) that guides the light from the light source; an optical member (15) placed between the light source and the light guide plate and that allows ultraviolet light emitted from the light source to pass through and that reflects visible light; and a fluorescent member (16) that is arranged between an ultraviolet light incident surface (15d) of the optical member and the light guide plate and that converts the ultraviolet light into visible light.

Abstract: A display driving circuit that carries out CC driving is configured such that retaining circuits are provided in such a way as to correspond one-by-one to their respective stages of a shift register, that a polarity signal CMI is inputted to each of the latch circuits, that when an internal signal Mn generated by a shift register at the nth stage becomes active, a latch circuit corresponding to the nth stage loads and retains the polarity signal CMI, that an output signal SRBOn from the shift register at the nth stage is supplied as a scanning signal to a gate line connected to pixels corresponding to the (n+1)th stage, and that an output from latch circuit corresponding to the nth stage is supplied as CSOUTn to a CS bus line forming capacitors with pixel electrodes of pixels corresponding to the nth stage.

Abstract: It is an object of present invention to improve wiring workability in a lighting device and to prevent the entry of dust or the like into the device. A backlight unit according to the present technology includes a chassis having hole portions, LEDs housed in the chassis as light sources, relaying and connecting part electrically connected to the LEDs from outside the chassis through the hole portion and relaying electric power supply to the LEDs, and a covering member covering a clearance between the hole portions and the relaying and connecting parts inserted therethrough.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power control device, which generates PWM signals corresponding to obtained voltage signals, and which performs PWM control of power to be supplied to a load. The power control device is provided with a sampling section that performs sampling of the voltage signals, and a duty factor updating section, which updates the duty factor of the PWM signals on the basis of the sampling results. The sampling section is prevented from performing sampling during a masking period which is set as the on-period or the off-period of the PWM signals.

Abstract: An image forming portion has a transfer portion for transferring a toner image formed on an image carrier onto the recording paper, and a fixing portion for heating and compressing the recording paper on which the toner image is transferred to fix the toner image to the recording paper. A control portion controls to heat and compress the recording paper by the fixing portion without performing transfer of the toner image by the transfer portion to smooth the recording paper under predetermined condition. At this time, the control portion is able to set variably the number of times to pass through the fixing portion without performing transfer of the toner image onto the recording paper and pressure force when the recording paper passes through the fixing portion.

Abstract: A heat exchanger (1) is provided with two header pipes (2, 3) arranged parallel to each other with a spacing therebetween, flat tubes (4) arranged between the header pipes (2, 3) and having refrigerant paths (5) provided therein and connected to the insides of the header pipes (2, 3), and corrugated fins (6) arranged between the flat tubes (4). That end of each corrugated fin (6) which is on that surface of the heat exchanger (1) which is on the side on which condensed water collects is made to protrude from ends of the flat tubes (4), and linear water leading members (10) are inserted between gaps (G) between the protrusions. The water leading members (10) are inserted from ends of the corrugated fins (6) toward the flat tube side into a range in which surface tension can act.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quinoxaline compounds of Formula I: as Fatty Acid Binding Protein (“FABP”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the quinoxaline compounds and the use of the quinoxaline compounds for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, dyslipidemia, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose.

Abstract: The amount of the light emitted from a light-emitting diode is changed from that of the initial condition to increase, among the light sensors that are not shielded from the light emitted from the light-emitting diode, the number of the light sensors at which the difference (C?D) between the light detection amount at the light sensor when the light-emitting diode is ON and the light detection amount at the light sensor when the light-emitting diode is OFF is equal to the difference (A?B) between the light detection amount at the light sensor in the initial condition when the light-emitting diode was ON and the light detection amount at the light sensors in the initial condition when the light-emitting diode was OFF with no detection object present.

Abstract: An image forming system contains a multifunctional printer that has a plurality of functional units and is capable of controlling transition to a power saving mode for each functional unit. Further, the image forming system includes personal computers and a server. The server, in the power saving mode, sets one or more functional units that are determined to be switched over to the power saving mode from among the plurality of functional units based on time entry, log-in states of users to the personal computers, and a history of past usage of the multifunctional printer.

Abstract: Adjacent blocks are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent blocks are identified. Deblock filtering between the identified adjacent blocks is skipped if the coding parameters for the identified adjacent blocks are similar and not skipped if the coding parameters for the identified adjacent blocks are substantially different.