Abstract: The present invention provides a medicine for preventing or treating a diabetes, which includes 2,2-dichloro-12-(4-chlorophenyl)-dodecanoic acid or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and glibenclamide as active ingredients. The present invention provides a method for preventing or treating a diabetes, which includes administering 2,2-dichloro-12-(4-chlorophenyl)-dodecanoic acid or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and glibenclamide to a patient suffering from or having a possibility of suffering from diabetes.

Abstract: A sputter target material which is of a sintered material, wherein the sputter target material consists of 0.5 to 50 atomic % in total of at least one metal element (M) selected from the group of Ti, Zr, V, Nb and Cr, and the balance of Mo and unavoidable impurities, and has a microstructure seen at a perpendicular cross section to a sputtering surface, in which microstructure oxide particles exist near a boundary of each island of the metal element (M), and wherein the maximum area of the island, which is defined by connecting the oxide particles with linear lines so as to form a closed zone, is not more than 1.0 mm2.

Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods to perform thermal management in a computing environment. In one embodiment, thermal attributes are associated with operations and/or processing components, and the operations are scheduled for processing by the components so that a thermal threshold is not exceeded. In another embodiment, hot and cool queues are provided for selected operations, and the processing components can select operations from the appropriate queue so that the thermal threshold is not exceeded.

Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods to perform thermal management in a computing environment. Thermal attributes are associated with operations and/or processing components. The components have thermal thresholds that should not be exceeded. In a preferred embodiment, an operation can be transferred from one component to another component if the thermal threshold is exceeded during execution by the first component.

Abstract: Provides a diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing a measured object based on time-series data of a plurality of parameters measured from the measured object. An example of an apparatus includes a change-point score calculating portion for calculating a time-series change-point score with which each of the plurality of parameters changes according to passage of time based on the time-series data on the parameter, a change-point correlation calculating portion for calculating a change-point correlation indicating strength by which each of the plurality of parameters is associated with each of other parameters based on the change-point scores of the parameter and the other parameter, and a parameter outputting portion for outputting a set of parameters of which calculated degrees of associations are higher than a predetermined reference change-point correlation as a set of mutually strongly associated parameters.

Abstract: It is one object of the present invention to form a conventional mesh as a sample in order to efficiently generate a high-quality mesh for a predetermined shape model. A mesh generation system 10 for generating a mesh used for finite element analysis comprises: a mesh characteristic extraction unit 11 for receiving a conventional mesh and extracting a characteristic therefrom; and a mesh generator 13 for receiving a target shape model for mesh generation, and for generating a mesh for the shape model based on the characteristic of the conventional mesh extracted by the mesh characteristic extraction unit 11.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a target material of a Mo alloy, which includes the steps of (a) preparing a green compact by compressing a raw material powder blend consisting of a Mo powder having an average particle size of not more than 20 ?m and a transition metal powder having an average particle size of not more than 500 ?m; (b) pulverizing the green compact to produce a secondary powder having an average particle size of from not less than an average particle size of the raw material powder blend to not more than 10 mm; (c) filling the secondary powder into a container for pressurizing; and (d) subjecting the secondary powder with the container for pressurizing to sintering under pressure thereby obtaining a sintered body of the target material.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for executing processor tasks on a multi-processing system. The multi-processing system includes a plurality of sub-processing units and a main processing unit that may access a shared memory. Each sub-processing unit includes an on-chip local memory separate from the shared memory. The methods and apparatus contemplate: providing that the processor tasks be copied from the shared memory into the local memory of the sub-processing units in order to execute them, and prohibiting the execution of the processor tasks from the shared memory; and migrating at least one processor task from one of the sub-processing units to another of the sub-processing units.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for managing processor tasks in a multi-processor computing system. The system is operable to store the processor tasks in a shared memory that may be accessed by a plurality of sub-processing units of the multi-processor computing system; and permit the sub-processing units to determine which of the processor tasks should be copied from the shared memory and executed based on priorities of the processor tasks.

Abstract: A method, a system, and a program product for reconstructing surface geometry from discrete points on an object are disclosed. The method comprises steps of; providing input data derived from said discrete points; generating a graph from said input data, said graph including biconnected graphs; subjecting said graph to triconnected component decomposition to generate a component graph; generating all possible embeddings including possible face loops from said surface geometry; filling said possible face loops with possible surface to reconstruct said surface geometry; examining geometrical acceptance of said surfaces and omitting embeddings, including at least one geometrically unacceptable surface from computation thereafter and scoring said embeddings depending on said examination; and sorting said embeddings with respect to said scores to select embeddings for reconstructing said surface geometry.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a shape generation apparatus, a control method to cause a computer apparatus to operate as a shape generation apparatus and computer executable programs to allow a computer apparatus to execute the control method. [Solution] The shape generation apparatus of this invention has an input model storage part 20 to store 3-dimensional input model data, an adjacency graph storage part 22 to store adjacency graph data generated by assigning face clusters to the input model, and a cluster coupling part 28 which executes coupling processing for the face clusters of the adjacency graph data. In addition, the shape generation apparatus also has a topology judgment part 30, which reads out the adjacency graph data and judges topology of the adjacency graph data read out, and a topology operation part 34, which changes node or arc data of the adjacency graph data in response to the judgment of the topology judgment part.

Abstract: Enables efficient correction of topological consistency of an input three-dimensional shape approximated in a spatial graph. Structured mesh generation systems of the present invention include: a topology determination apparatus for reading shape data from a shape data storage device to determine topological consistency and outputting data for solving a problem about topological consistency; a decomposable shape generation apparatus for reading the data outputted by the topology determination apparatus, changing a constraint condition of an integer programming problem solver to execute a shape correction process and outputting corrected shape data; and a structured mesh generation apparatus for reading the corrected shape data to generate a structured mesh.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (1), a salt thereof, or an ester thereof: wherein m represents an integer of 0 to 4, n represents an integer of 5 to 9, and R represents hydrogen atom or a protective group of hydroxyl group, which has reducing actions of blood glucose, plasma insulin, and triglyceride, and is useful for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of diabetes, complications of diabetes, hyperlipemia and others.

Abstract: A high-strength carburized part comprising a core having a chemical composition of C: 0.15 to 0.30% by weight, Si: 0.25 to 1.10% by weight, Mn: 0.3 to 1.20% by weight, Cr; 1.25 to 2.0% by weight and a balance including unavoidable impurities and Fe, a vacuum-carburized surface having a carbon ratio ranging from 1.0 to 1.5%, a region extending from the surface to a depth of 50 &mgr;m and having a grain boundary oxide layer with a depth of 1 &mgr;m or less, wherein a area ratio of carbides of said surface is from 5 to 15% and at least 90% of carbides have a grain size of 5 &mgr;m or less, wherein the core comprises an interior region which cannot be carburized.

Abstract: A recognition model generation system of the invention includes means 18 for labeling edges and faces of an input three-dimensional shape, means 20 for generating shape restriction values, shape restriction means 22 for restricting shape recognition using generated shape restriction values, and means 24 for generating position coordinates of vertexes of a shape that can be derived by substituting the input three-dimensional shape with hexahedrons using output from the shape restriction means. The invention also provides a method for generating a recognition model a program for causing a computer to execute the method, a computer-readable medium storing the program thereon, and a structured mesh generation system.

Abstract: If heat is deprived from the upper surface of a fixing roller, fixability of a fixing roller is lowered and may cause fixing failure. Furthermore, output recording material vary in glossiness, or there appears unevenness on the recording materials. A fixing apparatus, which is capable of suppressing reduction of a temperature of the surface of a fixing rotary body on the recording materials, is provided for reducing fixability of a fixing roller or fixing failure.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus/method allows a user to interactively combine a plurality of sound chips into music data, edit music data, and play it back, by inputting data or commands via a keyboard or a mouse. A chip such as a sound pattern, a one-shot patter, or an effect to be applied to a sound pattern or a one-shot pattern is assigned to each key of a keyboard. If a user presses a key, a chip corresponding to a pressed key is executed. When a plurality of keys are simultaneously pressed, corresponding chips are played in a superimposed fashion. A piece of music can be composed by sequentially pressing various keys thereby sequentially combining corresponding chips.