Abstract: An intermediate substrate includes a substrate core formed by a main core body portion constructed of a sheet of polymer material and having a subsidiary core accommodation portion formed therein. A ceramic subsidiary core portion, which is constructed of a ceramic sheet, is accommodated in the subsidiary core accommodation portion and is of a thickness matching that of the main core body portion. A thin film capacitor is formed on a first main surface side of a plate-like base of the core portion and includes first and second thin film electrodes separated from each other by a thin film dielectric layer so as to provide direct current isolation between the electrodes. First and second direct current isolated terminals of a first terminal array are electrically connected to the first and second thin film electrodes.

Abstract: A crucible is formed of a cylindrical body member and a disk-shaped nozzle member fitted to the bottom portion of the body member, and the nozzle member is provided with a nozzle hole for discharging out a semiconductor molten solution dropwise therethrough. The semiconductor molten solution drops discharged out of the crucible through the nozzle hole are cooled and solidified during falling to become semiconductor grains. Silicon grains having high crystal quality can be manufactured at low cost.

Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of reducing the amount of communication with other communication apparatuses is provided, wherein a content signal of a popular program is broadcasted in advance from a broadcast base station to terminals and stored in a memory of each. In a terminal, when a content signal specified by a play instruction signal is stored in the memory, the content signal is read from the memory. On the other hand, when it is not stored in the memory, the terminal requests the specified content signal from the cellular base station via a cellular network and receives the specified content signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device with improved luminous efficiency is provided. An underlying n-type GaN layer is grown on a sapphire substrate, and a growth mask made from SiO2 film or the like is formed on the underlying n-type GaN layer. An n-type GaN layer having a hexagonal pyramid shape is selectively grown on a portion, exposed from an opening of the growth mask, of the underlying n-type GaN layer. The growth mask is removed by etching, and then an active layer and a p-type GaN layer are sequentially grown on the entire substrate so as to cover the hexagonal pyramid shaped n-type GaN layer, to form a light emitting device. An n-side electrode and a p-side electrode are then formed.

Abstract: A plasma display device such that fluctuation of discharge start voltage and lowering of luminance would not easily occur, the burning phenomenon of the screen is suppressed, and excellent reliability and long life can be secured, and a method of producing the same, are disclosed. The plasma display device comprises a first panel (10) provided with discharge sustaining electrodes (12) and a dielectric layer (14) on the inside thereof, and a second panel (20) laminated on the first panel (10) so that discharge spaces (4) are formed on the inside of the first panel (10), and the trap density and/or the movable metallic ion density in the dielectric layer (14) is not more than 1×1018 pieces/cm3, preferably not more than 1×1017 pieces/cm3.

Abstract: A heater inspection apparatus including an applying unit, a current detector, a voltage detector, a temperature detector, a memory, a first calculating unit, a second calculating unit and a finding unit is provided. The applying unit applies an electrical power to a heater based on an AC power source. The current detector detects a current flowing through the heater. The voltage detector detects a voltage applied to the heater. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the heater. A temperature coefficient of resistance is stored in advance on the memory. The first calculating unit and the second calculating unit respectively calculate a resistance of the heater at an inspection time and a reference time. The finding unit finds a deterioration degree of the heater based on results of the first and second calculating units.

Abstract: Disclosed are a thin film transistor capable of controlling gray level of an organic LED element by discretely controlling current levels, a method of manufacturing the thin film transistor, an array substrate including the thin film transistor, a display device, and a method of driving the display device. The thin film transistor includes an active layer formed on an insulating substrate, a plurality of insulating layers formed oppositely to each other with the active layer interposed therebetween, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode formed adjacently to the insulating layers, respectively, and wiring connected to the first and second gate electrodes, respectively, the wiring controlling respective potentials of the first and second gate electrodes independently of each other. The area of the first gate electrode is different from the area of the second gate electrode, and current levels can be discretely controlled in at least four levels.

Abstract: A lens driving apparatus for driving a movable body in a focus direction and a tracking direction is provided with: a holder, to which a focus coil, a tracking coil and a lens are installed, to thereby constitute the movable body; and a magnetic circuit for applying magnetic fluxes to the focus coil and the tracking coil, to thereby drive the movable body in the focus direction and the tracking direction. The tracking coil includes two sets each having upper and lower two coils arrayed in the focus direction such that the two sets are arrayed in the tracking direction. The magnetic circuit applies the magnetic fluxes opposite to each other along a jitter direction, with respect to the upper two coils and the lower two coils without applying the magnetic fluxes with respect to portions adjacent to the upper and lower two coils.

Abstract: A brake control apparatus is provided that distributes an engine braking torque Tbe to the front and rear wheels in accordance with an ideal braking torque distribution to suppress and prevent the tendency for one of either the front or rear wheels to lock when the engine braking torque operates. When the road surface friction state is a low friction state and the engine braking torque operates, the brake control apparatus derives an engine braking torque Tbe and distributes the engine braking torque Tbe to the front and rear wheels in accordance with the ideal braking torque distribution. In addition, when the engine braking torque reduction amount is small, the engine drives a generator connected to the engine. When the friction state between the wheels and the road surface is not in the low friction state, the generator attached to the engine is operated as a motor that supplements driving of the engine to reduce the engine braking torque of the engine.

Abstract: A glass substrate for a magnetic disk contains a transition metal. The substrate, which is subjected to formation of zone texturing by irradiating the substrate with a laser beam, has a high mechanical strength even if it is not chemically strengthened. The glass substrate contains a transition metal element and has a transmittance of 10% of less for light in a wavelength range of 300 to 2000 nm. The surface roughness of an information recording surface portion thereof is 2.0 nm or less. In addition to a transition metal element, the glass substrate may include a rare earth metal element.

Abstract: Polymorphisms were searched in 24 varieties with large planted acreages in Japan, and the polymorphic sites were compared among the varieties. Thus, polymorphic markers that can be used to distinguish varieties in a simple and quick manner were obtained. The markers showed distinct patterns for each of the varieties, demonstrating that their combination would enable the varieties to be distinguished. Thus, the inventors succeeded in obtaining molecular markers that can distinguish 24 rice varieties. The use of these markers enables closely related rice varieties to be distinguished and identified at the DNA level.

Abstract: This invention is to enable transfer of a right to speak in an audio teleconference in view of usability. In this invention, a PoC server is introduced to achieve new functions, such as transfer of the right to speak, reservation to acquire the right to speak, and deprivation of the right to speak. The PoC server has a teleconference presence manager, a teleconference manager, and a teleconference audio communication manager. The right to speak is managed in a presence data storage of the teleconference presence manager. The teleconference presence manager directly manages the presence data storage, but the teleconference manager manages transfer of the right to speak. In addition, the teleconference manager manages reservation of the right to speak by a storage for a reservation list of the right to speak. The teleconference audio communication manager carries out routing of audio data. At that time, only audio data received from a user holding the right to speak is transferred.

Abstract: A terminal-device authentication system is capable of appropriately allocating the allocation target of a CE device. The device ID of the CE device (3) includes company information. The CE device (3) uses the company information to inquire of a company-information allocation server (6) about an authentication-target allocation server (8) to be connected and uses the device ID to inquire of the authentication-target allocation server (8) about an authentication server (9) to be connected. The CE device (3), which is authenticated in the authentication server (9), transmits an authentication result to a service server (10).

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a data storage device improved in sealability between a base and a cover when sealed together, as well as a method of manufacturing the data storage device, are to be provided. In one embodiment, a disk enclosure of a hard disk drive includes a base in which a disk is accommodated, a top cover which covers an intra-base space, and a sealing tape for sealing a peripheral edge portion of the cover. The base is provided in an outer edge portion thereof with a covered portion which is covered with the sealing tape. In the covered portion, a sealed portion to which the sealing tape adheres is inclined so that an outer edge thereof becomes higher than an inner edge thereof.

Abstract: The present invention discloses serum remnant-like lipoprotein concentration regulators containing triglyceride of medium-chain fatty acids, wherein 90% or more by weight of the fatty acids as components of the medium-chain triglyceride are saturated fatty acids having 8 and 10 carbon atoms; weight ratio between the saturated fatty acids having 8 carbon atoms and those having 10 carbon atoms is 60/40 to 85/15; and the proportion of the saturated fatty acids having 8 carbon atoms in all the fatty acids bonding to the second position of the triglyceride is 60 to 85 % by weight. The present invention also discloses foods for controlling the concentration of serum remnant-like lipoproteins and pharmaceutical compositions for controlling the concentration of serum remnant-like lipoproteins, which contain the serum remnant-like lipoprotein concentration regulator.

Abstract: An ink cartridge includes a container; an ink reservoir provided in the container; an opening provided in the container, the opening being situated in the container so that the opening can communicate with the ink reservoir through a fluid path; and a stop fitted in the opening, the stop having elasticity and being formed of a material such that a hollow needle can be penetrated through the stop. The stop is moveable between a first position permitting communication between the opening and the fluid path, and a second position in which the stop substantially obstructs communication between the opening and the fluid path.

Abstract: A glow plug comprising: a cylindrical housing; a heater member as defined herein; a conductive center pole as defined herein; a first piezoelectric element as defined herein; and a second piezoelectric element as defined herein, wherein each of said first piezoelectric element and said second piezoelectric element is subjected to a preload for compressing it in said axial direction and is arranged such that, when said center pole is displaced to a root-end side, a load to be applied to one of said first piezoelectric element and said second piezoelectric element for compressing the same in said axial direction increases whereas a load to be applied to the other for compressing the same in said axial direction decreases.

Abstract: An assembly-stage focus adjustment mechanism of a zoom lens barrel including a plurality of lens groups which are moved while distances therebetween are changed to perform a zooming operation, the assembly-stage focus adjustment mechanism including two lens fixing frames to which two of the plurality of lens groups are fixed, respectively; two moving frames which linearly move in an optical axis direction during the zooming operation, the two moving frames being respectively screw-engaged with the two lens fixing frames; and a rotational-direction integrating device which makes the two lens fixing frames rotate as one integral body in a direction of rotation relative to the two moving frames when an assembly-stage focus adjustment operation is performed.

Abstract: The azo-metal chelate dye to which the present invention is applied is a compound formed as follows: for example, 1,3,4-thiadiazole ring is selected as the diazo component; the diazo component is combined with a coupler component having condensed rings including a fluorine-substituted alkylsulfonylamino group and an amino group, to form an azo dye compound; and the azo dye compound forms chelate bonds with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Cu and Pd. Here, two absorption bands (OD1 and OD2) are seen in the absorption spectrum, which is measured in a range of 400 to 800 nm wavelengths. The azo-metal chelate dye is characterized in that the optical density ratio (OD2/OD1) of the two absorption bands is greater than 1.25. By using this azo-metal chelate dye, an optical recording medium capable of high-speed recording is provided.