Abstract: Aspects of the invention include a step-up/step-down chopper unit, an inverter unit, a rectifier unit, first to third voltage detection means, and a drive control unit. Voltage regulation means of the drive control unit, in accordance with a detected voltage value detected by the voltage detection means, generates control signals for keeping the effective voltage value of a capacitor constant. In some aspects of the invention, the effective voltage value of the capacitor is controlled to be constant by the switching elements of the step-up/step-down chopper unit and inverter unit being driven by the control signals. The rectifier unit can suppress a surge voltage by causing energy stored in a inductor to be absorbed by storage elements when bidirectional switching elements are turned off.

Abstract: As a cooling structure, a cooling device has a configuration that comprises a mounting surface for a member to be cooled, a cooling fin provided on a rear surface side of the mounting surface, and a cooling passage for cooling the cooling fin with a liquid refrigerant, wherein the liquid refrigerant is caused to flow from a flow inlet to the cooling passage and is discharged from a discharge outlet. The cooling passage comprises a first surface provided with the cooling fin, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a wall portion provided between the first surface and the second surface and is configured into a channel longer than a channel connecting the flow inlet and the discharge outlet in a straight line. The wall portion has a first wall portion extending from the second surface to the first surface, and a second wall portion extending in parallel with the first wall portion from the first surface to a height exceeding a top portion of the first wall.

Abstract: A dielectric sintered body of the present invention contains Ba, Nb, and at least one of Zn and Co, as main components, and K and Ta as subcomponents. The ratio A of the peak intensity p2 of the (111) plane peak to the peak intensity p1 of the (310) plane peak in an X-ray diffraction measurement is 0.9 to 1.5. The half bandwidth C of the (111) plane peak ranges from 0.12 to 0.22°. The d-value D of the (111) plane peak ranges from 2.363 to 2.371. The dielectric sintered body has a Perovskite structure.

Abstract: A high power factor rectifier circuit, provided with switching sections connected to an AC power supply for converting an AC voltage to a DC voltage, is formed with a bypass circuit provided. The bypass circuit, when the voltage of the AC power supply becomes higher than the voltage across a smoothing capacitor provided on the DC output side, makes a charge current flowing from the AC power supply to the capacitor bypass the switching section by making the switching section out of conduction. Thus, a rectifier circuit is provided which can be safely operated without causing any damage, or with minimized damage, even though an inrush current flows at turning-on the power or at recovery from a power interruption.

Abstract: A personal information generation apparatus 1 encapsulates personal information together with a transmission policy to generate a personal information capsule which is transmitted to personal information utilization apparatus 2. Personal information utilization apparatus 2 receives and holds the personal information capsule for utilization. In this event, personal information generation apparatus 1 transmits a transmission policy defined by the personal information producer. Personal information utilization apparatus 2 in turn transmits a reception policy defined by a personal information user. Then, personal information generation apparatus 1 and personal information utilization apparatus 2 determine a contractual coverage in regard to personal information to be distributed, and generate contract information. Eventually, the personal information is distributed from personal information generation apparatus 1 to personal information utilization apparatus 2 based on the generated contract information.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to allow distribution of personal information to be managed on the basis of not only a personal information management policy defined by a personal information producer but also management policies of all apparatuses which handle personal information when the distribution of personal information is managed between apparatuses. In its configuration, personal information generation apparatus 1 encapsulates personal information together with a transmission policy to generate a personal information capsule which is transmitted to personal information utilization apparatus 2. Personal information utilization apparatus 2 receives and holds the personal information capsule for utilization. In this event, personal information generation apparatus 1 transmits a transmission policy defined by the personal information producer. Personal information utilization apparatus 2 in turn transmits a reception policy defined by a personal information user.

Abstract: A high power factor rectifier circuit, provided with switching sections connected to an AC power supply for converting an AC voltage to a DC voltage, is formed with a bypass circuit provided. The bypass circuit, when the voltage of the AC power supply becomes higher than the voltage across a smoothing capacitor provided on the DC output side, makes a charge current flowing from the AC power supply to the capacitor bypass the switching section by making the switching section out of conduction. Thus, a rectifier circuit is provided which can be safely operated without causing any damage, or with minimized damage, even though an inrush current flows at turning-on the power or at recovery from a power interruption.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to allow distribution of personal information to be managed on the basis of not only a personal information management policy defined by a personal information producer but also management policies of all apparatuses which handle personal information when the distribution of personal information is managed between apparatuses. In its configuration, personal information generation apparatus 1 encapsulates personal information together with a transmission policy to generate a personal information capsule which is transmitted to personal information utilization apparatus 2. Personal information utilization apparatus 2 receives and holds the personal information capsule for utilization. In this event, personal information generation apparatus 1 transmits a transmission policy defined by the personal information producer. Personal information utilization apparatus 2 in turn transmits a reception policy defined by a personal information user.

Abstract: A system, a method, and a program for structured document derivation for generating derived structured documents of different representations having the same contents, facilitating the test for a structured document processor, and avoiding the vulnerability of the structured document processing. A monitor monitors a call from a structured document processing generator to a structured document processor to have a test structured document. A structured document derivation system generates derived structured documents of the test structured document. The derived structured documents are sent to a testing device for testing the structured document processor. A test analyzer determines whether or not each derivative pattern can be accepted. When the processing of a structured document is requested, the test analyzer analyzes the document. When the structured document matches an unacceptable pattern, the document is replaced with an acceptable one.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active oxygen developing substance composed of an aluminosilicate obtained by heating hydrogarnet as a precursor substance at 700° C. or higher; an aluminosilicate catalyst supporting cobalt oxide, produced by supporting cobalt oxide on the surface of the aluminosilicate; a method for manufacturing these; and applications of these as oxidation catalysts, solid electrolytes, oxygen occlusion carriers, and so forth.

Abstract: To provide a capacitor drop type power supply circuit that can withstand a surge-current generated at power-on by use of inexpensive elements without requiring a complicated circuit configuration. A capacitor drop type power supply circuit includes: an AC power supply (1) connected to a series circuit of a resistor (2), a first capacitor (3), and a first diode (4) whose cathode is connected to the first capacitor (3) ; a series circuit of a second diode (5) and a Zener diode (6), which is parallel-connected to the first diode (4); and a second capacitor (7) parallel-connected to the Zener diode (6), the circuit outputting a DC voltage generated across the second capacitor (7).

Abstract: An automated bid decision system allowing a bidder to make a bidding for plural commodity items over a plurality of markets is disclosed. A data memory stores a logical formula representing a relationship among a plurality of bid items, a value table of the bid items, price information of the bid items in at least one market, a total purchasing fund, and a bidding strategy. A profit computation section computes a profit obtainable when at least one bid item arbitrary selected from the bid items is purchased, based on the value and the price information. A strategy computation section determines a list of bid items for which a bid should be made and a gross profit obtainable therefrom. A combination candidate is selected from the bid items based on the relationship formula and a possible profit obtainable from the selected combination candidate is computed. The final list of bid items are determined so as to maximize the possible profit within the total purchasing fund.

Abstract: A computer system is composed of sending and receiving computers. The sending computer includes an encoder module encoding an internal representation of a structured document to generate an encoded document. The receiving computer includes a decoder module which receives the encoded document through a network, and decodes the encoded document to reproduce the internal representation. The encoder module lists texts and structures included within the structured document without duplication to thereby generate validation information, and incorporates the validation information into the encoded document. The decoder module includes a validation module which is responsive to the validation information to validate whether a data structure of the reproduced internal representation is in compliance with a predetermined document type declaration.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to allow distribution of personal information to be managed on the basis of not only a personal information management policy defined by a personal information producer but also management policies of all apparatuses which handle personal information when the distribution of personal information is managed between apparatuses. In its configuration, personal information generation apparatus 1 encapsulates personal information together with a transmission policy to generate a personal information capsule which is transmitted to personal information utilization apparatus 2. Personal information utilization apparatus 2 receives and holds the personal information capsule for utilization. In this event, personal information generation apparatus 1 transmits a transmission policy defined by the personal information producer. Personal information utilization apparatus 2 in turn transmits a reception policy defined by a personal information user.

Abstract: The purpose is to provide a cathode electrode for manufacturing an electrodeposited copper foil which is possible to be continuously and stably usable for a long duration of 3000 hours or longer to subsequently lessen the frequency of maintenance work execution as low as possible and to contribute to lower the running cost of the electrodeposited copper foil manufacture. As the means for achieving the purpose, a cathode electrode made of a titanium material is employed for obtaining an electrodeposited copper foil using an electrolytic copper solution and the titanium material having 7.0 or higher crystal grain size number and 35 ppm or lower initial hydrogen content is used for manufacturing the cathode electrode for manufacturing an electrodeposited copper foil. Further, also provided is a manufacturing method of the titanium material to be employed for the cathode electrode made of a titanium material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active oxygen developing substance composed of an aluminosilicate obtained by heating hydrogarnet as a precursor substance at 700° C. or higher; an aluminosilicate catalyst supporting cobalt oxide, produced by supporting cobalt oxide on the surface of the aluminosilicate; a method for manufacturing these; and applications of these as oxidation catalysts, solid electrolytes, oxygen occlusion carriers, and so forth.

Abstract: A system, a method, and a program for structured document derivation for generating derived structured documents of different representations having the same contents, facilitating the test for a structured document processor, and avoiding the vulnerability of the structured document processing. A monitor monitors a call from a structured document processing generator to a structured document processor to have a test structured document. A structured document derivation system generates derived structured documents of the test structured document. The derived structured documents are sent to a testing device for testing the structured document processor. A test analyzer determines whether or not each derivative pattern can be accepted. When the processing of a structured document is requested, the test analyzer analyzes the document. When the structured document matches an unacceptable pattern, the document is replaced with an acceptable one.

Abstract: A system in which execution of plural applications distributed over plural computers is controlled using a simplified script language to realize coordination among plural applications to enable facilitated construction of upper-order distributed applications. Each computer includes, on an agent platform 2, an agent base 9 capable of having a shell agent 10, a local service agent 11 and an application agent 12, an agent movement unit 13, thread generating unit 14, remote control unit 15 and agent generating unit 16. A script language input through an input unit 7 is interpreted by the shell agent 10 to boot the application agent 12. The application agent supervises an actual application 18. The shell agent and the application agent can be moved to another computer using the agent movement unit 13 and can have communication with an agent in the other computer with the aid of the remote control unit 15.

Abstract: A computer system is composed of sending and receiving computers. The sending computer includes an encoder module encoding an internal representation of a structured document to generate an encoded document. The receiving computer includes a decoder module which receives the encoded document through a network, and decodes the encoded document to reproduce the internal representation. The encoder module lists texts and structures included within the structured document without duplication to thereby generate validation information, and incorporates the validation information into the encoded document. The decoder module includes a validation module which is responsive to the validation information to validate whether a data structure of the reproduced internal representation is in compliance with a predetermined document type declaration.

Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol film obtained by casting on drum, in which the variance in thickness along the TD direction of the film is 0.5 &mgr;m/mm or less, the thickness of the film is within the range of 20 to 150 &mgr;m, and the width of the film is at least 2 m.