Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer boat has a plurality of discrete boat parts stacked one atop the other. Each of the of the boat parts includes a wafer support in the form of a plurality of columns each having a plurality of vertically spaced apart grooves for use in supporting semiconductor wafers as vertically spaced from one another. Corresponding ones of the grooves in the columns of a boat part can receive the outer peripheral edge of the wafer directly, or a ring plate to which the wafer is mounted. Each adjacent pair of boat parts has confronting end portions forming a joint at which the boat parts of the pair are freely coupled to one another such that each of the boat parts may be replaced independently of the other boat parts. Thus, when any of the boat parts experiences thermal deformation after long periods of use, the boat part may be readily replaced without damaging any part of the boat and without the costs associated with replacing the boat entirely.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer boat has a plurality of discrete boat parts stacked one atop the other. Each of the of the boat parts includes a wafer support in the form of a plurality of columns each having a plurality of vertically spaced apart grooves for use in supporting semiconductor wafers as vertically spaced from one another. Corresponding ones of the grooves in the columns of a boat part can receive the outer peripheral edge of the wafer directly, or a ring plate to which the wafer is mounted. Each adjacent pair of boat parts has confronting end portions forming a joint at which the boat parts of the pair are freely coupled to one another such that each of the boat parts may be replaced independently of the other boat parts. Thus, when any of the boat parts experiences thermal deformation after long periods of use, the boat part may be readily replaced without damaging any part of the boat and without the costs associated with replacing the boat entirely.