Abstract: A system and method for processing message threads is provided. A plurality of messages, each comprising a message body, is grouped by conversation thread. The message bodies of the messages are compared. Each message recursively contained in at least one other message is identified as a near duplicate message. An attachment sequence is generated for at least part of each attachment associated with one or more of the messages. The attachment sequences associated with the near duplicate messages are compared. Each near duplicate message having an attachment sequence not matching the attachment sequence of any other near duplicate message is identified as a unique message.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product dynamically prioritizes electronic messages. An electronic message having one or more properties is received. These message properties can include, a particular sender or body text. Information describing past activity of a recipient user of the electronic message is accessed. A priority is determined for the electronic message, where the determining is based at least in part on a comparison of a property of the electronic message with the accessed information. The priority determination may include detecting the presence of a request in the electronic message, determining the social weight of the sender of the electronic message, determining the temporal urgency of the electronic message, or determining the relevance of the electronic message, for example. An indication of the priority of the message is presented to the recipient user.

Abstract: A system and method for grouping similar documents is provided. Frequencies of occurrences are determined for terms and noun phrases within a set of documents. A subset of the documents is selected by removing those documents having terms and noun phrases that fall outside a bounded range of upper and lower conditions for frequency of occurrence. Each of the documents in the subset is mapped to a cluster of documents based on a similarity of the documents to the cluster documents.

Abstract: Even when an input is weak, an antenna amplifier device may achieve a high sensitivity while reducing a noise factor (NF). The antenna amplifier device includes an amplification circuit 7 for amplifying a high frequency signal received by an antenna A, and an NF matching circuit 5 provided between the amplification circuit 7 and the antenna A of which input impedance has a capacitance, the NF matching circuit 5 for switching the input impedance to the amplification circuit 7 in accordance with a reception frequency. The NF matching circuit 5 includes a plurality of coils having different inductances, and at least one switch SW for connecting one of the coils, selected in accordance with the reception frequency, between the antenna A and the amplification circuit 7. A step-up coil SC is interposed between the NF matching circuit 5 and the amplification circuit 7.

Abstract: [Problem] Provision of a heat-sealable multilayer polypropylene-based resin film having heat seal strength sufficient for packaging a heavy article and tight-sealing property, and a packaging material using the film. [Solving means] A heat-sealable multilayer polypropylene-based resin film comprising a crystalline polypropylene-based resin and a propylene-?-olefin copolymer, which is an oriented polypropylene-based resin film made of a laminate of 3 or more layers of a substrate layer having a melting point of 155° C. or less, an intermediate layer and a thermal adhesion layer having a melting point of 150° C. or less, wherein the intermediate layer has a xylene-soluble content of 2.5% or less, the substrate layer has a melting point higher than that of the intermediate layer, and the intermediate layer has a thickness of 4 ?m or above.

Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor device which can be miniaturized without being deteriorated in characteristics, and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a main surface, a source region and a drain region formed apart from each other in the main surface, a gate electrode layer formed over the main surface sandwiched between the source region and the drain region, a first conductive layer formed so as to be in contact with the surface of the source region, and a second conductive layer formed so as to be in contact with the surface of the drain region. A recess is formed in the main surface so as to extend from the contact region between the first conductive layer and the source region through a part underlying the gate electrode layer to the contact region between the second conductive layer and the drain region.

Abstract: A system and method for thematically grouping documents into clusters is provided. Concepts are extracted from a plurality of documents. The concepts include nouns or noun phrases. A number of occurrences for each concept are determined within each document. A bounded range is applied to the concepts and a subset of the concepts is selected by removing the concepts that fall outside the bounded range. The bounded range includes upper edge conditions and lower edge conditions. Themes are generated from the subset of concepts by identifying two or more concepts with common semantic meaning. Clusters of the documents are generated based on the themes.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device is provided for improving the reliability of a semiconductor device including a MISFET with a high dielectric constant gate insulator and a metal gate electrode. A first Hf-containing insulating film containing Hf, La, and O as a principal component is formed as a high dielectric constant gate insulator for an n-channel MISFET. A second Hf-containing insulating film containing Hf, Al, and O as a principal component is formed as a high dielectric constant gate insulator for a p-channel MISFET. Then, a metal film and a silicon film are formed and patterned by dry etching to thereby form first and second gate electrodes. Thereafter, parts of the first and second Hf-containing insulating films not covered with the first and second gate electrodes are removed by wet etching.

Abstract: A PDP is equipped with row electrode pairs deposited on the inner face of a front glass substrate and a dielectric layer covering the row electrode pairs. A discharge space defined between the front glass substrate and the back glass substrate is filled with a discharge gas. The dielectric layer has a laminated structure made up of a first dielectric layer formed of a smaller nano-particle silica film including silica particles of a particle diameter of 10 nm to 25 nm, and a second dielectric layer formed of a larger nano-particle silica film including silica particles of a particle diameter of 25 nm to 40 nm.

Abstract: An anisotropic light-diffusing film, an anisotropic light-diffusing laminate, and an anisotropic light-reflecting laminate are provided which are excellent in both light transmittance and diffusivity. Also provided are a lighting equipment and a display device which employ any of the film and laminates and are excellent in light-diffusivity and brightness and in economy, etc. The anisotropic light-diffusing film is a film formed by melt-extruding a mixture of at least two thermoplastic resins incompatible with each other. The film has parallel light ray transmittance of 20-85%, haze of 10-80%, glossiness of 10-70%, and ratio of the vertical-direction diffusivity to the horizontal-direction diffusivity of transmitted light of 1.3-6.0. The anisotropic light-reflecting laminate comprises a light reflector and the anisotropic light-diffusing film laminated over at least one surface of the reflector.

Abstract: Epoxy resin compositions which comprise an epoxy resin (A), an active ester compound (B), and a triazine-containing cresol novolac resin (C), when cured and roughened, exhibit a roughed surface which has a high adhesion strength to a metal plated conductor, even though the roughness of the roughed surface is small, and provide an insulating layer which has a low coefficient of linear expansion and a low dielectric loss tangent.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device is provided for improving the reliability of a semiconductor device including a MISFET with a high dielectric constant gate insulator and a metal gate electrode. A first Hf-containing insulating film containing Hf, La, and O as a principal component is formed as a high dielectric constant gate insulator for an n-channel MISFET. A second Hf-containing insulating film containing Hf, Al, and O as a principal component is formed as a high dielectric constant gate insulator for a p-channel MISFET. Then, a metal film and a silicon film are formed and patterned by dry etching to thereby form first and second gate electrodes. Thereafter, parts of the first and second Hf-containing insulating films not covered with the first and second gate electrodes are removed by wet etching.

Abstract: A system and method for processing message threads is provided. A plurality of messages, each comprising a message body, is grouped by conversation thread. The message bodies of the messages are compared. Each message recursively contained in at least one other message is identified as a near duplicate message. An attachment sequence is generated for at least part of each attachment associated with one or more of the messages. The attachment sequences associated with the near duplicate messages are compared. Each near duplicate message having an attachment sequence not matching the attachment sequence of any other near duplicate message is identified as a unique message.

Abstract: A wide polyolefin film may be made by high-speed film forming, which has uniform properties over its whole width and is free of thickness irregularities, and provides a packaging film applicable to large-scale production which has good gloss and bag-making property, as well as a package made from the film. A polyolefin laminate film includes an oriented base layer that is mainly made up of a polypropylene resin and a sealing layer mainly made up of a polyolefin resin which is formed on at least one surface of the base layer, which film has an effective product takeout width of not less than 5500 mm and satisfies the following relational formula of the thickness variation rate Y (%) of the film and the product takeout width X (mm) of the film: Y?0.001X+4.

Abstract: A system and method for thematically grouping documents into clusters is provided. Concepts are extracted from a plurality of documents. The concepts include nouns or noun phrases. A number of occurrences for each concept are determined within each document. A bounded range is applied to the concepts and a subset of the concepts is selected by removing the concepts that fall outside the bounded range. The bounded range includes upper edge conditions and lower edge conditions. Themes are generated from the subset of concepts by identifying two or more concepts with common semantic meaning. Clusters of the documents are generated based on the themes.

Abstract: A solar energy reflection plate for suppressing global warming of the present invention has a reflection plate so installed on a ground surface that the reflection surface thereof is positioned horizontally to the ground surface. Further, the solar energy reflection plate for suppressing global warming of the present invention has a reflection plate, and a base for fixing the reflection plate so as to tilt the reflection surface thereof at a desired angle in relative to the ground surface. Further, the desired angle is such an angle that when a sun altitude in a region where the reflection plate is installed becomes maximum, sunlight is reflected in a direction perpendicular to the ground surface of the region.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for coating a plastic substrate, a coating film formed therefrom and a molded body. The composition can form a coating film that exhibits favorable adhesion to plastic substrates, as well as excellent abrasion resistance and weather resistance. The coating film-forming components of the composition include silica particles having (meth)acryloyl groups, a hexafunctional or higher aliphatic urethane(meth)acrylate, and an active energy beam-curable compound having an alicyclic structure, wherein the amount of the silica particles is within a range from 1.0 to 40 mass %, relative to 100 mass % of the coating film-forming components.

Abstract: An apparatus for expelling energy away from the earth in order to suppress global warming of the present invention is characterized by comprising a first generator for converting kinetic energy such as solar energy entering into atmosphere of the earth, geothermal energy, energy consumed by humans and converted mainly into heat or light, or a current of air or ocean waves etc. into electrical energy, a heat pump operated by the electrical energy obtained from the first generator, a second generator for converting heat energy produced by the heat pump into electrical energy, and an oscillator for converting the electrical energy obtained from the second generator into electromagnetic wave and radiating the electromagnetic wave into the outer space.

Abstract: A system and method for processing a message store for near duplicate messages is provided. Metadata, content, and each attachment associated with messages are extracted. Near duplicate messages in the message store are identified. Compound digests taken of the metadata for, of the content contained in, and of the each attachment associated with each of the messages in the message store are compared. Each message having a compound digest not matching the compound digest of any other message is marked as unique and each message having a compound digest matching the compound digest of at least one other message is marked as an exact duplicate. Messages remaining unmarked and having similar content are grouped into sets that each includes one or more near duplicate messages. One of the near duplicate messages is designated as unique and each remaining near duplicate message in the set is designated as a near duplicate.

Abstract: A system and method for clustering unstructured documents is provided. Documents having terms with frequencies of occurrence that satisfy upper and lower edge conditions are selected. Concepts are generated for the selected documents. The selected documents are grouped into clusters of the documents. A weight for each of the clusters is evaluated. A similarity value is determined from the frequencies of occurrence for at least one of the terms from the concepts and the cluster weights for each selected document. Each selected document is assigned into one such cluster based on the similarity value of the selected document.