Abstract: Substituted cyclopropyl compounds of the formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed as useful for treating or preventing type 2 diabetes and similar conditions. The compounds are useful as agonists of the G-protein coupled receptor GPR-119. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1 is R is —C(O)—N(R27)(R28) or and the remaining variables are as defined in the specification. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases comprising the compounds of formula I in combination with a ?-secretase inhibitor other than those of formula I, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, a gamma-secretase inhibitor, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, a cholinesterase inhibitor or an anti-amyloid antibody.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide cooling equipment which can reduce power consumption. Cooling equipment 1 includes a storage chamber 30 that stores storage goods; latent heat storage materials 101 to 106 disposed inside the storage chamber 30; a compressor 40 that configures a refrigerating cycle for cooling the inside of the storage chamber 30; a temperature sensor 60 that detects a temperature of the latent heat storage materials 101 to 106; and a control unit 100 that controls the compressor 40, based on a state of the latent heat storage materials 101 to 106.

Abstract: The light emitting part is obtained by depositing fluorescent materials on a metal plate with a predetermined shape to form a fluorescent material film. The fluorescent material emits light upon irradiation with a laser beam.

Abstract: A Channel State Information (CSI) feedback method and a User Equipment (UE) are provided for better support of Joint Transmission (JT) and Beamforming/Coordinated Scheduling (CB/CS). For JT, phase information for an adjacent Base Station (BS) is fed back. For CB/CS, enhanced CSI for an adjacent BS is fed back. The UE according to the present invention includes: a coordinated BS set determining unit configured for determining a set of coordinated BSs participating in multi-BS coordination, the set of coordinated BSs containing a serving BS and at least one non-serving BS; and a CSI feedback unit configured for feeding back CSI for JT or CB/CS for each non-serving BS in the set of coordinated BSs. The present invention has the advantages of simple implementation and low overhead and is applicable in LTE-A and 4G systems.

Abstract: A touch sensor system includes a driver which drives on the basis of code sequences which are orthogonal to one another and include +1 or ?1 and each of which has a length N. A decoding section estimates on the basis of a first inner product operation of the outputs and the code sequences a first capacitance value and on the basis of a second inner product operation of the outputs and the code sequences a second capacitance value. A touch panel has a two-dimensional region including a hand placing region and a remainder region and processing sections.

Abstract: This semiconductor device fabricating method includes the steps of: (A) providing a supporting structure (10) in which a first separating layer (3) and a first insulating layer (5) have been stacked in this order on the surface of a supporting base (1); (B) providing a sustaining structure (30); (C) forming a thin-film transistor (M1, M2) on the first insulating layer (5); (D) forming a second insulating layer (20) that covers the thin-film transistor (M1, M2); (E) joining the supporting structure on which the second insulating layer has been formed onto the sustaining structure (30) so that the thin-film transistor (M1, M2) faces the sustaining structure (30) with the second insulating layer (20) interposed, thereby obtaining a joined structure (40); (F) removing the supporting base and at least a part of the first separating layer (3) from the joined structure (40); and (G) forming a pixel electrode (33) on the other side of the joined structure (40), from which the supporting base has already been removed,

Abstract: A backlight device (3) is provided with: a reflective sheet (8) that reflects light from a light guide plate (7) back towards the light guide plate (7); a bottom (opposing surface) (10a) that is arranged so as to face the reflective sheet (8) on the side of the reflective sheet (8) opposite to the light guide plate (7) and that has a prescribed squeezing part (a part with recesses and protrusions) (10a1) formed thereon; and a cushioning member (9) arranged between the reflective sheet (8) and the bottom (10a). The cushioning member (9) has an opening (9a) at a location that corresponds to the squeezing part (10a1).

Abstract: The invention provides certain cycloalkyl-fused tetrahydroquinolines of the Formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters, wherein R1, R2, R7, R8a, E, Y, Z, n, u, and t are as defined herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using the compounds for treating diseases or conditions associated with uncontrolled or inappropriate stimulation of CRTH2 function.

Abstract: In a communication system using retransmission control, throughput reduction is suppressed in a state in which an occurrence rate of retransmission is high. A receiving apparatus configured to, in a case where a signal received from a transmitting apparatus includes an error, request the transmitting apparatus to provide a retransmission signal, includes check units 217-1 to 217-U that make a determination as to whether the signal received from the transmitting apparatus includes an error, and a scheduling unit 211 that performs a frequency assignment such that in a case where a result of the determination indicates that the received signal includes an error, at least a part of a frequency band used by the transmitting apparatus to transmit the retransmission signal overlaps at least a part of a frequency band used by the transmitting apparatus or another different transmitting apparatus to transmit a signal other than the retransmission signal.

Abstract: A wireless communication system, method, program, and/or circuitry which includes at least a base station device and a terminal device. The base station device is configured to transmit information indicating a slot for transmitting data by the transmission device. The terminal device is configured to decode the received information using a first communication scheme and transmit data to be allocated to the slot using a second communication scheme to an another terminal device, where the first communication scheme is a different scheme than the second communication scheme.

Abstract: According to a liquid crystal display device (1), a gate driver is controlled to (a) scan all of scan signal lines during at least two driving frames contained in a first driving period and (b) not scan any of the scan signal lines during pausing frames in a pausing period which is (i) secured between the first driving period and a second driving period by which the first driving period is followed and (ii) is longer than each of the first and second driving periods.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for remote control of a television with use of an information terminal, wherein the system is easier to use and causes less erroneous operation than the conventional systems. A system (10) includes: a television (1); and a smartphone (2) for operating the television (1). The television (1) provides, with the smartphone (2), a notification of a state of the television (1). The smartphone (2) displays on a touch panel a GUI corresponding to the state having been notified from the television (1).

Abstract: Provided is an LED substrate capable of being downsized in width. In addition, provided are LED substrates that can be disposed laterally in an efficient fashion. Each LED substrate (20) has a configuration that two single terminal connectors of a light-source-side substrate connector (single terminal connector) 40 including a light-source-side terminal 41 and a ground-side substrate connector (single terminal connector) 50 including a ground-side terminal 51 are included and disposed at right and left ends of each LED substrate so as to sandwich therebetween a plurality of LEDs (21) connected in series.

Abstract: There are provided a laser fixing device adapted to use of two types of light fixable toners having different light absorption characteristics, an image forming apparatus equipped with the laser fixing device, and an image forming method employing the image forming apparatus. A laser fixing device includes a laser light emitting section for emitting laser light and a wavelength conversion section for emitting outgoing light having a wavelength different from the one that incident laser light has.

Abstract: An illumination device (3) is provided with a light-emitting diode (light source) (9), and a light guide plate (10) that guides light from the light-emitting diode (9) toward a prescribed propagation direction and that outputs the light toward a liquid crystal panel (object to be irradiated) (2). The illumination device is also provided with an optical sheet (optical member) (15) that is disposed so as not to make contact with the optical sheet (13) and that separates the optical sheet (13) from the liquid crystal panel (2) so as to create a prescribed space therebetween.

Abstract: Even when communication is performed independently in each CC (Component Carrier), the occurrence of an error in communication is prevented. Provided is a wireless communication system in which a wireless transmission apparatus and a wireless reception apparatus communicate with each other using a plurality of system frequency bands, wherein the wireless transmission apparatus performs transmission power control on transmission data in each of the system frequency bands, and furthermore, a maximum transmission power which can be transmitted in each of the system frequency bands can be controlled so as to be different from each other. Priorities are set on each of the system frequency bands, and transmission powers of the system frequency bands are determined in descending order of the priorities.

Abstract: A mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus transmits, to a base station apparatus, uplink data using a physical uplink shared channel assigned by an uplink data transmission permission signal, wherein the base station apparatus: transmits, to the mobile station apparatus, a radio resource control signal including information for specifying a physical format in transmitting reception quality information together with uplink data; and transmits, to the mobile station apparatus, the uplink data transmission permission signal including a transmission instruction of reception quality information, and wherein the mobile station apparatus transmits, to the base station apparatus, reception quality information together with uplink data using the physical uplink shared channel according to information for specifying the physical format in case that a transmission instruction of the reception quality information is included in the uplink data transmission permission signal.

Abstract: A display device prevents luminance unevenness that occurs in the case of inversion driving being performed, and performs high quality image display, while selectively scanning two lines of picture elements constituting a single pixel using a single gate wiring, as in the case of multi-primary color image display.

Abstract: Described is a method for increasing the N-glycosylation site occupancy of a therapeutic glycoprotein produced in recombinant host cells modified as described herein and genetically engineered to express the glycoprotein compared to the N-glycosylation site occupancy of the therapeutic glycoprotein produced in a recombinant host cell not modified as described herein. In particular, the method provides recombinant host cells that overexpress a heterologous single-subunit oligosaccharyltransferase, which in particular embodiments is capable of functionally suppressing the lethal phenotype of a mutation of at least one essential protein of the yeast oligosaccharyltransferase (OTase) complex, for example, the Leishmania major STT3D protein, in the presence of expression of the host cell genes encoding the endogenous OTase complex.