Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture are disclosed for configuring software application components. The method comprises the steps of developing a set of policy application rules, assembling unconfigured software components into one or more software applications, and applying said application rules to the unconfigured software components to configure said software components. In the preferred embodiment, the applying step includes the steps of passing the unconfigured software components to a policy rule engine, and using said policy rule engine to apply said application rules to the unconfigured software components to produce the configured components. In addition, the method may be done to resolve ambiguities in the software components. In particular, the application rules may be designed to resolve ambiguities in the application of these rules to the unconfigured software components. Also, each application rule preferably includes a condition, an application template, and a policy.

Abstract: A pattern-based policy method for service component architecture (SCA) defines a policy pattern for SCA. The policy pattern includes a plurality of roles and one or more constraints between said plurality of roles. Each of said plurality of roles defines a plurality of intents or policy sets or combination thereof. One or more roles assigned to said one or more SCA components are identified and one or more intents or policy sets or combination thereof associated with said one or more roles are automatically applied to said one or more SCA components. Said one or more intents or policy sets or combination thereof applied to said one or more SCA components are validated based on said one or more constraints.

Abstract: The electronic device includes a heat generator 54, a heat radiator 58, and a heat radiation material 56 disposed between the heat generator 54 and the heat radiator 58 and including a plurality of linear structures 12 of carbon atoms and a filling layer 14 formed of a thermoplastic resin and disposed between the plurality of linear structures 12.

Abstract: An epilepsy model animal (CHRNA4:S284L) developing spontaneous epileptic seizure during sleep, which is a nonhuman animal established by ontogenesis of a totipotent cell into which a polynucleotide encoding nonhuman mutant CHRNA4 is introduced and having said polynucleotide in its somatic chromosome, or a progeny of the nonhuman animal, wherein said nonhuman mutant CHRNA4 has the corresponding mutation of human mutant CHRNA4 in which the 284th Ser of SEQ ID NO: 1 is substituted by Leu. The epilepsy model animal has gene abnormality homologous to human chromosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy and a symptom (epileptic seizure during sleep) the same as that of human autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a wafer formed of a SOI substrate; forming a circuit portion in a principal surface portion; removing a support substrate of the SOI substrate; fixing an insulation member on a backside of a semiconductor layer so as to be opposite to the circuit portion; dicing the wafer and dividing the wafer into multiple chips; arranging a first conductive member on the insulation member so as to be opposite to a part of the low potential reference circuit, and arranging a second conductive member on the insulation member so as to be opposite to a part of the high potential reference circuit; and coupling the first conductive member with a first part of the low potential reference circuit, and coupling the second conductive member with a second part of the high potential reference circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for introducing a mutation into a gene, which comprises the following steps: a homologous recombination step of carrying out the homologous recombination between a target gene into which the mutation is to be introduced and a target recombinant vector, thereby substituting an exon in the target gene into which the mutation is to be introduced by a target DNA sequence in the target recombinant vector; and a mutation introduction step of carrying out the specific recombination between the target DNA sequence in the resulting target recombinant gene and a mutation introduction cassette of a mutation introduction vector carrying a mutated DNA sequence containing a mutant exon by the intervening action of Cre recombinase to substitute the target DNA sequence by the mutated DNA in the mutation introduction cassette, thereby producing a mutation-introduced gene into which the mutant DNA sequence has been introduced.

Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor, and a center section. The center section is formed therein with first and second fluid passages connecting kidney ports opened at a pump mounting surface to kidney ports opened at a motor mounting surface. The first and second fluid passages include respective straight portions parallel to the pump mounting surface and the motor mounting surface. When the center section is viewed to face the motor mounting surface, the straight portions of the first and second fluid passages substantially entirely overlap each other. When the center section is viewed to face the pump mounting surface, the straight portion of the first fluid passage is disposed between both ends of the second fluid passage, so that the straight portion of the first fluid passage and the ends of the second fluid passage are aligned on a substantially straight line.

Abstract: The present invention provides a switching power supply device that is capable of steadily operating even when a low supply voltage is employed. The present invention also provides a microcomputer equipped with the switching power supply device. A switching regulator includes an inductor that inputs an external supply voltage at one end, a main switch that is coupled to another end of the inductor, an auxiliary switch that is coupled to the other end of the inductor in parallel with the main switch, and a rectifying/smoothing circuit having a diode and a capacitor. A switching operation of the main switch is controlled by a control signal generated from a PFM control circuit, which is driven by an internal supply voltage. A switching operation of the auxiliary switch is controlled by a control signal generated from a ring oscillator, which is driven by the external supply voltage.

Abstract: An electric heating module for a room air conditioning system and methods are presented in which the duty cycle of the electric heater banks are controlled to limit the inrush current during the startup phase of the heater or to supplement the heat generated by the heat pump when the heat capacity of the heat pump nears the heat loss of the room being heated.

Abstract: A web application server executes a process appropriately also with respect to an access from a terminal device which was not recognized by the web application when the application was designed. The web application server includes a DLG file storage unit 12 having stored a DLG file in which a business logic of the web application is described in a definition in an abstract representation, a DLG execution unit 13 for using this DLG file and executing a business process of the web application in response to a request from a client, a view specializer 14 for generating a view consistent with attributes of the client with JSP based on a result of the process by the DLG execution unit 13, and a response generation unit 16 for using the view with a JSP file generated at the view specializer 14 to generate and return a response to the client.

Abstract: In the hydraulic actuator unit according to the present invention, a first electric motor assembly formed by mounting one of a pair of electric motors to one of a pair of electric motor covers is detachably mounted to a pump case so as to rotate a first control shaft around its axis line, and a second electric motor assembly formed by mounting the other one of the pair of electric motors to the other one of the pair of electric motor covers is detachably mounted to the pump case so as to rotate a second control shaft around its axis line.

Abstract: The present invention provides a genuine epilepsy model animal as an improvement over conventional epilepsy model animals which are socalled seizures model animals mainly causing seizure attacks to be forcibly induced. Also provided is a method that allows for easy identification of the recombinants. The model non-human mammalian animal for human epilepsy according to the present invention is a human epilepsy model non-human mammalian animal, such as a rat model, that has the same genetic defects as those in human epilepsy. The model non-human mammalian animal has a mutated gene obtained by introducing a genetic mutation to the non-human mammalian DNA of the ?4 subunit (CHRNA4) or ?2 subunit (CHRNB2) of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholinergic receptor gene associated with human autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, and by introducing a specific probe. The human epilepsy model non-human mammalian animal of the present invention allows for easy identification of the recombinants.

Abstract: A technique for enhancing the execution efficiency of simulation of a hybrid system. A continuous system simulator receives a request for evaluation of an event generating conditional expression for an event to be processed by a discrete system simulator, from the discrete system simulator. The event generating conditional expression is evaluated by referring to the value of a first variable describing a continuous system. Until evaluation of the event generating conditional expression indicates true, the continuous system simulator repeats simulation of advancing the current time by a step time interval and evaluation of the event generating conditional expression. When evaluation of the event generating conditional expression indicates true, the continuous system simulator sends current time data and the value of a second variable describing the continuous system which is referred to by the discrete simulator, to the discrete simulator.

Abstract: The present invention dynamically generate documents or display control information so as to provide client terminals of various capability with user interface in compliance with each terminal's capability. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a method for generating display control information (HTML document, for instance) so as to display in a form adapted to a terminal used by a user, comprises the steps of: receiving a display request from the terminal; in response to the display request, generating a group of data objects concerning the contents of the display, wherein the data objects is independent of the terminal; by using the group of data objects and information about attributes of the terminal, generating a group of view objects for generating the display control information; and by referring to the information about the attributes of the terminal, generating the display control information by the group of view objects.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a wafer formed of a SOI substrate; forming a circuit portion in a principal surface portion; removing a support substrate of the SOI substrate; fixing an insulation member on a backside of a semiconductor layer so as to be opposite to the circuit portion; dicing the wafer and dividing the wafer into multiple chips; arranging a first conductive member on the insulation member so as to be opposite to a part of the low potential reference circuit, and arranging a second conductive member on the insulation member so as to be opposite to a part of the high potential reference circuit; and coupling the first conductive member with a first part of the low potential reference circuit, and coupling the second conductive member with a second part of the high potential reference circuit.

Abstract: The electronic device includes a heat generator 54, a heat radiator 58, and a heat radiation material 56 disposed between the heat generator 54 and the heat radiator 58 and including a plurality of linear structures 12 of carbon atoms and a filling layer 14 formed of a thermoplastic resin and disposed between the plurality of linear structures 12.

Abstract: A program editing apparatus includes a user interface control unit, a JSP analysis unit, and a split execution unit. The user interface control unit accepts an input of a split object instruction which specifies a portion to be split off from a JSP file to be processed. The JSP analysis unit determines an accompanying split portion which is split off together with the portion specified by the split object instruction. The split execution unit splits off the portion specified by the split object instruction and the accompanying split portion from the original JSP file. The JSP analysis unit analyzes dependence of variables and objects in the JSP file and splits off a copyable portion by copying. Thus, a program file after split is ensured to operate the same as the program file to be processed.

Abstract: A single-photon generating device is configured to have a solid substrate including abase portion, and a pillar portion which is formed on the surface side of the base portion with a localized level existent in the vicinity of the tip of the base portion. The above pillar portion is formed to have a larger cross section on the base portion side than the cross section on the tip side, so that the light generated from the localized level is reflected on the surface, propagated inside the pillar portion, and output from the back face side of the base portion.

Abstract: Provided is an optical semiconductor device, which includes a GaAs substrate (or a semiconductor substrate) 20; an n-type contact layer (or a doping layer) 21 formed on one surface 20a of the GaAs substrate 20; an active layer 25 formed on top of the n-type contact layer 21 and including at least one quantum dot 23; a p-type contact layer (or a contact layer) 26 formed on top of the active layer 25 and being of an opposite conduction type to the n-type contact layer 21; an insulating layer 29 formed on top of the p-type contact layer 26 and including a first opening 29a whose size is such that a contact region CR of the p-type contact layer 26 lies within the first opening 29a; a p-side electrode layer 33c formed on top of the contact region CR of the p-type contact layer 26 and on top of the insulating layer 29 and including a second opening 33a lying within the first opening 29a; and a n-side electrode layer (or a second electrode layer) 37 formed on the other surface 20b of the GaAs substrate 20.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining whether or not a program violates a convention, including an input unit for receiving an input of a target program to be an object of a determination on whether to violate the convention; a violation storing unit for beforehand storing any one of an abstract syntax tree and a pattern which indicate a structure of a program violating the convention; a converter for converting the abstract syntax tree of the target program to a conversion tree with a predetermined conversion rule; and a determination unit for determining that the target program violates the convention on condition that at least a part of the conversion tree agrees with an abstract syntax tree violating the convention.