Abstract: Use of IL-6 for treating non-hematopoietic cancers, e.g., gp130-negative cancers. Also disclosed is a method for identifying a cancer patient suitable for the IL-6 treatment.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a SOI high voltage power chip with trenches is disclosed. The method comprises: forming a cave and trenches at a SOI substrate; filling oxide in the cave; oxidizing the trenches, forming oxide isolation regions for separating low voltage devices at the same time; filling oxide in the oxidized trenches; and then forming drain regions, source regions and gate regions for a high voltage power device and low voltage devices. The process involves depositing an oxide layer overlapping the cave of the SOI substrate. A SOI high voltage power chip thus made will withstand at least above 700V voltage.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an SOI CMOS device having a vertical gate structure, comprising: an SOI substrate, and an NMOS region and a PMOS region grown on the SOI substrate, wherein the NMOS region and the PMOS region share one vertical gate region, said vertical gate region lying in the same plane as the NMOS region and the PMOS region and between the NMOS region and the PMOS region; a gate oxide layer is arranged between the vertical gate region and the NMOS region for isolation; and a gate oxide layer is arranged between the vertical gate region and the PMOS region for isolation. The present invention occupies small area, contains less pattern layers, requires a simple process, has an open body region that can completely avoid the floating effect of the traditional SOI CMOS device, and is convenient to parasitic resistance and capacitance tests.

Abstract: A prosodic control rule generation method includes dividing an input text into language units, estimating a punctuation mark incidence at a boundary between language units in the input text, the punctuation mark incidence indicating a degree that a punctuation mark occurs at the boundary, based on attribute information items of a plurality of language units adjacent to the boundary, and generating a prosodic control rule for speech synthesis including a condition for the punctuation mark incidence based on a plurality of learning data items each concerning prosody and including the punctuation mark incidence.

Abstract: The speech processing apparatus configured to split a first speech waveform and a second speech waveform into a plurality of frequency bands respectively to generate a first band speech waveform and a second band speech waveform each being a component of each frequency band; determine an overlap-added position between the first band speech waveform and the second band speech waveform by the each frequency band so that a high cross correlation between the first band speech waveform and the second band speech waveform is obtained; and overlap-add the first band speech waveform and the second band speech waveform by the each frequency band on the basis of the overlap-added position and integrates overlap-added band speech waveforms in the plurality of frequency bands over all the plurality of frequency bands to generate a concatenated speech waveform.

Abstract: A speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognition unit configured to recognize input speech of a first language to generate a first text of the first language, an extraction unit configured to compare original prosody information of the input speech with first synthesized prosody information based on the first text to extract paralinguistic information about each of first words of the first text, a machine translation unit configured to translate the first text to a second text of a second language, a mapping unit configured to allocate the paralinguistic information about each of the first words to each of second words of the second text in accordance with synonymity, a generating unit configured to generate second synthesized prosody information based on the paralinguistic information allocated to each of the second words, and a speech synthesis unit configured to synthesize output speech based on the second synthesized prosody information.

Abstract: A method of hydrogenating a polymer comprises: (a) providing a dense phase, the dense phase comprising a polymer in a solvent; (b) providing a catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising as least one metal hydrogenation catalyst (preferably including nickel or ruthenium); and (c) providing a light phase, the light phase comprising, consisting of or consisting essentially of hydrogen and carbon dioxide; and (d) contacting the dense phase, the light phase and the catalyst system under conditions in which the hydrogen reacts with the polymer and hydrogenates the polymer.

Abstract: A method of hydrogenating a polymer comprises: (a) providing a dense phase, the dense phase comprising a polymer in a solvent; (b) providing a catalyst system, the catalyst system comprising as least one metal hydrogenation catalyst (preferably including nickel or ruthenium); and (c) providing a light phase, the light phase comprising, consisting of or consisting essentially of hydrogen and carbon dioxide; and (d) contacting the dense phase, the light phase and the catalyst system under conditions in which the hydrogen reacts with the polymer and hydrogenates the polymer.

Abstract: In language information translating device and method, registered vocabulary information pieces of plural users registered into a user dictionary registering unit are referred to, and when plural vocabulary information pieces having the same direction word exist, a direction word to be added to a basic dictionary is extracted on the basis of at least one of the number of registered vocabulary information pieces of the direction word concerned and the number of registered vocabulary information pieces that are registered vocabulary information pieces of the direction word concerned, the second language expressions corresponding to the registered vocabulary information pieces concerned being coincident with one another, and the basic vocabulary information of the extracted direction word is registered in the basic dictionary.

Abstract: A prosodic control rule generation method includes dividing an input text into language units, estimating a punctuation mark incidence at a boundary between language units in the input text, the punctuation mark incidence indicating a degree that a punctuation mark occurs at the boundary, based on attribute information items of a plurality of language units adjacent to the boundary, and generating a prosodic control rule for speech synthesis including a condition for the punctuation mark incidence based on a plurality of learning data items each concerning prosody and including the punctuation mark incidence.