Abstract: The present invention is directed to 2,5-disubstituted piperidine amide compounds which are antagonists of orexin receptors, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which orexin receptors are involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which orexin receptors are involved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate for a display device, wherein generation of a region which is not filled with the components of a liquid material is suppressed by simple processes during the formation of color layers by a coating method such as an inkjet method using the liquid material, thereby achieving good display quality. Also disclosed are a method for manufacturing the substrate for a display device, and a display device. The substrate for a display device comprises, on a principal surface thereof, banks formed of a resin material, and color layers arranged in a plurality of pixel regions surrounded by the banks. The color layers are formed of the liquid material, and the bank is provided with an impregnated region containing the components of the liquid material.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display element, a liquid crystal display device, and a method for displaying with a liquid crystal display element, wherein picture element electrodes (30) and a common electrode (36) are provided, each of a plurality of sub-picture elements (22) is provided with the common electrode (36) and a corresponding one of the picture element electrodes (30) in such a manner that the sub-picture elements (22) have different distances (a first distance d1 and a second distance d2) between the common electrode (36) and their corresponding ones of the picture element electrodes (30), display in a low gray scale region is carried out by means of a first sub-picture element (22a) that is a sub-picture element (22) in which the distance is short, display in a middle gray scale region is carried out by means of a second sub-picture element (22b) that is a sub-picture element (22) in which the distance is long, and display in a high gray scale region is carried out by means of the first sub-picture element

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for picture up-sampling using direct interpolation. Some aspects of the present invention provide an up-sampling procedure designed for the Scalable Video Coding extension of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.

Abstract: An electrical pressure sensor is provided with a method for measuring pressure applied to a sensor surface. The method provides an electrical pressure sensor including a sealed chamber with a top surface, first electrode, second electrode, an elastic polymer medium, and metallic nanoparticles distributed in the elastic polymer medium. When the top surface of the sensor is deformed in response to an applied pressure, the elastic polymer medium is compressed. In response to decreasing the metallic nanoparticle-to-metallic nanoparticle mean distance between metallic nanoparticles, the electrical resistance is decreased between the first and second electrodes through the elastic polymer medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds according to general Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds can be used for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of improving display qualities in a frame region and a production method thereof.

Abstract: Utilizing a frequency-bandwidth limited IMT frequency band of 3 GHz, requirements of IMT-Advanced; that is, 100 Mbps for high speed movement and 1 Gbps for low speed movement in the downlink are satisfied. A communication system performs radio communication between a base station apparatus 40a and a mobile station apparatus 50 using a plurality of frequency layers having frequency bands different from each other, wherein the base station apparatus 40a assigns a downlink cell common control channel and a downlink cell common traffic channel to a low-frequency layer, and assigns a downlink cell dedicated control channel and a downlink cell dedicated traffic channel to a low-frequency layer and/or a high-frequency layer according to a downlink channel status and a communication requirement of the mobile station apparatus 50.

Abstract: Provided is a portable display device sufficiently small to be held with one hand that enters a state for accepting a gesture when a fixed coordinate position near a central portion between a left display unit (14a) and a right display unit (14b) is pressed with a thumb Ftl of one hand holding the device, and accepts a command for performing such as page flipping processing based on a gesture inputted with an index finger Ffr of the other hand. Thus, it is possible to achieve an interface for input operations suitable for a two-screen display screen, where holding a two-screen portable display device naturally causes the device to enter a command accepting state to allow gesture recognition, and to enter a command non-accepting state when the portable display device is not held, in order to prevent a command from being falsely executed due to an unintended contact and such to the display screen.

Abstract: A layer (71), made from a material that is attracted by a magnet, is formed in at least part of a chamber component (70), which at least part makes in contact with a film forming material. A method for collecting a film forming material includes the steps of: (a) exfoliating an attachment (22) which has attached to a surface of the chamber component (70); and (b) collecting the attachment (22) by separating a fragment of the layer (71), which fragment has been exfoliated in the step (a), while causing the fragment to be attracted by a magnet (202a).

Abstract: Compounds of structural formula I are inhibitors of prolylcarboxypeptidase (PrCP). The compounds of the present invention are useful for the prevention and treatment of conditions related to the enzymatic activity of PrCP such as abnormal metabolism, including obesity; diabetes; metabolic syndrome; obesity related disorders; and diabetes related disorders.

Abstract: A control section divides a display screen into small regions, evaluates the relative brightness of each of the small regions in accordance with color data to be inputted as color data by which each pixel is displayed, and determines whether or not the display screen has a first small region that is brighter than the other small regions by a predetermined degree. Furthermore, the control section causes a first generating means to generate gradation data for use in the first small region, and causes a second generating means to generate gradation data for use in the other small regions. Even if the second generating section receives the same color data as the first generating section does, the second generating section limits the luminance of a W sub-pixel as compared to the first generating section. With this, the first small region can be displayed more strikingly brightly, so that a clearer, more realistic, and more appealing image can be displayed.

Abstract: A method for reporting uplink control information (UCI) on a user equipment (UE) is described. It is determined whether a collision between a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and a channel quality indicator/precoding matrix index/rank indication (CQI/PMI/RI) is detected. It is also determined whether a simultaneousAckNackAndCQI parameter provided by higher layers is set to TRUE. The UCI is generated with the HARQ-ACK using physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) Format 3.

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode is provided with a current collector composed of a film-like or fibrous resin layer having a conductive layer on both sides, and the separator has a higher thermal deformation temperature than the resin layer.

Abstract: A vapor deposition particle injection device (30) includes a vapor deposition particle generating section (41), at least one nozzle stage made of an intermediate nozzle section (51), a vapor deposition particle emitting nozzle section (61), and heat exchangers (43, 63, 53). The vapor deposition particle emitting nozzle section (61) is controlled so as to be at a temperature lower than a temperature at which a vapor deposition material turns into gas. Meanwhile, the intermediate nozzle section (51) is controlled by the heat exchanger (53) so as to be at a temperature between a temperature of the vapor deposition particle generating section (41) and a temperature of the vapor deposition particle emitting nozzle section (61).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for determining by-storyline data from by-episode data.

Abstract: First and second vapor deposition particles (91a, 91b) discharged from first and second vapor deposition source openings (61a, 61b) pass through first and second limiting openings (82a, 82b) of a limiting plate unit (80), pass through mask opening (71) of a vapor deposition mask (70) and adhere to a substrate (10) so as to form a coating film. If regions on the substrate to which the first vapor deposition particles and the second vapor deposition particles adhere if the vapor deposition mask is assumed not to exist are respectively denoted by a first region (92a) and a second region (92b), the limiting plate unit limits the directionalities of the first vapor deposition particles and the second vapor deposition particles in a first direction (10a) that travel to the substrate such that the second region is contained within the first region. Accordingly, it is possible to form a light emitting layer with a doping method by using vapor deposition by color.

Abstract: A first flexible printed wiring board (10) has a first wiring line (14) and includes a first opening (12) and second opening (13) that are positioned at a prescribed distance from each other. A portion of a second flexible printed wiring board (20) is inserted into the first opening (12) and second opening (13). The second flexible printed wiring board (20) has a second wiring line (22) on a narrow-width section (26), which is located at a tip part in an insertion direction (30) and has a smaller width than the first opening (12) and second opening (13) in a width direction (31) that is perpendicular to the insertion direction (30) towards the first flexible printed wiring board (10). The second flexible printed wiring board (20) contains a positioning section (24) that connects to the narrow-width section (26) and that has a width greater than either the first opening (12) or the second opening (13) in the width direction (31).

Abstract: A filter calculating device includes a first equalization filter calculating section that generates at least a first conversion matrix and a first triangular matrix based on a channel state of a first channel; a first quasi-orthogonalization section that calculates a first unimodular matrix based on the first triangular matrix; and a second equalization filter calculating section that generates at least a second conversion matrix and a second triangular matrix based on a channel state of a second channel and the first unimodular matrix.

Abstract: A compound semiconductor solar battery including a first compound semiconductor photoelectric conversion cell (40a), a second compound semiconductor photoelectric conversion cell (40b) provided on the first compound semiconductor photoelectric conversion cell (40a), and a compound semiconductor buffer layer (41) provided between the first compound semiconductor photoelectric conversion cell (40a) and the second compound semiconductor photoelectric conversion cell (40b), the first compound semiconductor photoelectric conversion cell (40a) and the compound semiconductor buffer layer (41) being provided adjacent to each other, and a ratio of a difference in lattice constant between the first compound semiconductor photoelectric conversion cell (40a) and a compound semiconductor layer (30) provided in a position closest to the first compound semiconductor photoelectric conversion cell (40a) among compound semiconductor layers constituting the compound semiconductor buffer layer (41) being not less than 0.