Abstract: This invention provides a communication system constituted of a higher-network apparatus and a lower-network apparatus connected through a PON system, and an object of the invention is to transfer uplink data from the lower-network apparatus to the higher-network apparatus at high speed so as to meet severe conditions required for a delay time between the higher-network apparatus and the lower-network apparatus.

Abstract: A PM-ECU configured to control a drive torque of a vehicle is configured to be stopped in response to a driver's operation of a start switch and then activated in response to a driver's re-operation of the start switch. The PM-ECU is configured to be activated and place a restriction on the drive torque of the vehicle, in response to a re-operation of the start switch after the PM-ECU is stopped in response to an operation of the start switch. The PM-ECU is configured to remove the restriction on the drive torque in response to a reduction of an operation amount by which an accelerator pedal is operated.

Abstract: With the present invention the sheet shaped therapeutic substance can be accurately and easily affixed to the inside of the human body. As shown in FIG. 6A, the sheet shaped substance can be mounted on the head with wrinkles being formed. When this takes place, the sheet shaped substance is held in contact with the outer periphery of the head. Then, by making the pressure of the fluid inside the vent apertures positive, the sheet shaped substance can be blown off. The surface of the head is closely parallel to an inner surface of the esophagus wall for the sheet shaped substance to be affixed. Therefore, this particularly makes it possible to perform such applying step (FIG. 6B) in a more reliable fashion.

Abstract: A power supply system includes: a switching power supply operated in an on mode and an off mode; a mode controller for generating a pulse signal for designating the mode; an auxiliary power supply for feeding power to the mode controller; a power supply controller configured to be activated as the power is fed and to control an oscillation operation in accordance with the pulse signal generated by the mode controller; and a supply detector for detecting starting of the power feeding. The power supply controller executes: oscillating the switching power supply when the pulse signal is input during the oscillation stop; stopping the oscillation of the switching power supply when the pulse signal is input during the oscillation; and invalidating an input of the pulse signal for predetermined time when the supply detector detects the starting of the power feeding.

Abstract: An electric power system includes: a switching power supply converting an AC into a DC and operating in an on mode and an off mode; a power supply control unit activated when electric power is supplied from the AC power supply, and the power supply control unit being configured to control an oscillation operation of the switching power supply according to the mode designation signal; a mode control unit generating the mode designation signal; and an auxiliary power supply configured to supply electric power to the mode control unit when the switching power supply does not oscillate. In one of the on mode and off mode, the mode control unit performs outputs a consecutive-pulse signal to the power supply control unit. In the other mode, the mode control unit performs a restriction process of restricting output of the consecutive-pulse signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which is useful as an AMPK activator. A compound represented by the formula: its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof, wherein a group represented by the formula: is a group represented by the formula: R1 is each independently halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl or the like; m is an integer of 0 to 3; R2 is hydrogen, or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; X is —O—; and Y is substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl.

Abstract: A main air bubble separation apparatus which uses a swirling flow of oil introduced from a main tank separates the oil into a first oil with air bubbles removed therefrom, and a second oil containing air bubbles; a sub-air bubble separation apparatus is provided in which the second oil is introduced and then separated into a third oil with air bubbles removed therefrom and a fourth oil containing air bubbles; and a sub-tank into which the fourth oil is introduced, and in which the air bubbles contained in the fourth oil are captured and combined with each other so as to be removed from the fourth oil, so that a fifth oil is formed, and is configured such that the first, third and fifth oils are returned to the main tank.

Abstract: An ECU determines whether or not there is an abnormality (shift pattern abnormality) in a combination of shift signals provided from a shift position sensor. After occurrence of the shift pattern abnormality is determined, the ECU determines whether or not a first condition that a shift pattern changes into a normal pattern of a drive range is satisfied, and whether or not a second condition that a vehicle is running (a driver has an intention to cause the vehicle to run) is satisfied. When occurrence of the shift pattern abnormality is determined, the ECU stops generation of driving force of the vehicle and prohibits switching to the drive range. When the above-mentioned first condition and second condition are satisfied after occurrence of the shift pattern abnormality is determined, the ECU switches the shift range to the drive range indicated by the shift pattern and recovers the driving force.

Abstract: A package for housing a semiconductor element includes a base body including a bottom plate section and a frame-shaped side wall section; and an input/output terminal provided so as to pass through the side wall section, the input/output terminal having a plate section on which line conductors are formed, and a vertical wall section which is fixed to the plate section so as to continue to the side wall section and so that the line conductors are sandwiched between the plate section and the vertical wall section and both ends of the line conductors are exposed from the vertical wall section. The vertical wall section has a thick section in a center portion of a side surface of the vertical wall section in a direction along the side wall section, the thick section having thick wall thickness, a lower end of the thick section being fixed to the plate section.

Abstract: Provided is a method for selectively demethylating a 2-methoxy group. Specifically provided is a production method of a compound represented by formula (7) below through the following reactions.

Abstract: Provided is a means for evaluating the wetting characteristic of an object such as a cell sheet and a culture dish in a non-contact fashion. The wetting characteristic of an object is evaluated by a method comprising the steps of: (1) removing a liquid by jetting a gas at a surface of the object covered with the liquid, (2) measuring a dimension of a region in which the liquid is removed after the completion of the gas jetting and (3) evaluating the wetting characteristic of the object using the measured dimension as an index.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound which is useful as an endothelial lipase inhibitor.

Abstract: A method of producing a copper alloy containing a precipitate X composed of Ni and Si and a precipitate Y that includes (a) Ni and 0% Si, (b) Si and 0% Ni, or (c) neither Ni nor Si, wherein the precipitate X has a grain size of 0.001 to 0.1 ?m, and the precipitate Y has a grain size of 0.01 to 1 ?m.

Abstract: In a manual transmission mode, a downshift instruction signal is outputted by a position sensor, and a shift range is lowered by one gear, as a result of an operation of a shift lever by the driver. The driving force of the vehicle is increased through downshifting. The number of times of downshifting within a predefined time is limited to a predefined number of times.

Abstract: A package 10 includes a housing 1 in which an electronic component 5 is mounted in a recess 1a having an opening on an upper surface and a screwing section 31 that is fixed on a side face of the housing 1 and extends in a lateral direction. The screwing section 31 includes a thin section 34 which is located on a distal end and is provided with a through hole 36 through which a screw is inserted, a thick section 35 which is located between the thin section 34 and the side face of the housing 1 and has a thickness less than that of the side face of the housing 1 and thicker than that of the thin section 34, and a screw fastening hole 37 which extends in the vertical direction in the thick section 35. Even if the housing 1 has warpage when the package 10 is fixed on the external substrate, heat dissipation from the package to the external substrate can be improved.

Abstract: In a vehicle that includes an engine, a motor, a generator, a battery electrically connected to the motor and the generator, and a transmission provided between the motor and an output shaft coupled to a drive wheel, an ECU executes “battery-less travel control” in which, at the time of a failure of the battery, the battery is isolated from the motor and the generator, the generator is caused to generate electric power by generating a torque, corresponding to an accelerator pedal operation amount, from the generator, and the vehicle is caused to travel by driving the motor using the electric power generated by the generator. The ECU suppresses losing a balance of input and output electric powers between the generator and the motor by filtering the accelerator pedal operation amount when a vehicle speed exceeds a limit vehicle speed during the battery-less travel control.

Abstract: A semiconductor element housing package includes a substrate, a frame body disposed on the substrate; an insulating substrate disposed in a frame-body-surrounded region of the substrate; a first mounting member disposed on the insulating substrate, for mounting a power semiconductor element thereon; a second mounting member disposed on the insulating substrate so as to be spaced away from the first mounting member; a first lead member having a first bend; and a second lead member having a second bend. The first lead member is disposed so as to pass through the frame body from an exterior thereof and extend over the first mounting member and makes connection therewith through the first bend. The second lead member is disposed so as to pass through the frame body from the exterior thereof and extend over the second mounting member and makes connection therewith through the second bend.

Abstract: In a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a motor, a generator, and a battery that is electrically connected to the motor and the generator, an ECU performs “battery-less travel control” enabling the vehicle to travel when a fault occurs in the battery by disconnecting the battery from an electrical system including the motor and the generator and driving the motor using power that is generated by the generator using the power of the engine. When the battery-less travel control is underway and a vehicle speed V exceeds a vehicle speed limit Vsh, the ECU implements a vehicle speed limitation. As a result, a control mode of the motor is less likely to shift to a rectangular control mode during the battery-less travel control.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition including a compound of formula (I): its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a solvate thereof. Ring A is nitrogen-containing hetero ring, Ring A may be substituted with a substituent other than a group represented by formula: —C(R1R2)—C(?O)—NR3R4 and a group represented by formula: —R5, a broken line represents presence or absence of a bond, Z is —NR6—, ?N—, —O—, or —S—, R6 is halogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, R3 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, R4 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, R3 and R4 taken together with the adjacent nitrogen atom to which they are attached may form a substituted or unsubstituted ring, R5 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl, or substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl.

Abstract: Provided is a method for selectively demethylating a 2-methoxy group. Specifically provided is a production method of a compound represented by formula (7) below through the following reactions.