Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to efficiently transmit data for statistical multiplexing which is required for control using statistical multiplexing. By utilizing private packets, respective encoding devices transmit encoding difficulties serving as the data for statistical multiplexing to a multiplexer (4) via the same transmission channels as encoded video data and audio data are transmitted. The multiplexer (4) conducts multiplexing processing on data supplied from the respective encoding devices at a first rate R1 larger than a transmission rate on a transmission channel of a subsequent stage, and outputs a transport stream (TSd including the private packets to a statistical multiplexing computer.

Abstract: Using as a negative thermal expansion material a double oxide containing at least partly a compound represented by the chemical formula: RQ,O, (wherein R is Zr, Hf or a tetravalent metallic element represented by a mixture system of these, and Q is a hexavalent metallic element selected from W and Mo), and using as a positive thermal expansion material a material containing at least partly a compound represented by the chemical formula: MQX, (wherein M is Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra or a divalent metallic element represented by a mixture system of any of these, Q is a hexavalent metallic element selected from W and Mo, and X is an element selected from O and S), these are mixed preferably in a weight ratio of 1:1 and are synthesized to obtain a material whose coefficient of thermal expansion is substantially zero over a wide temperature range, i.e., a zero thermal expansion material. Using this zero thermal expansion material, high-precision and high-performance practical component parts can be obtained.

Abstract: In a sheet treating apparatus for treating sheets on which images have been formed, the sheets are upwardly transported by transport rollers, etc., and are transported to an intermediate treatment tray, where the sheets are subjected to treatment such as stapling, and then the sheets can be delivered to a delivery tray disposed in a substantially vertical state above the intermediate treatment tray.

Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a coil, exciting section, noise eliminating section, and arithmetic processing section. The coil applies a magnetic field to a fluid flowing in a pipe line. The exciting section supplies an exciting current to the coil. The noise eliminating section eliminates noise from a measurement signal detected from the fluid under excitation by using a differential frequency component between a commercial power frequency and an exciting frequency. The arithmetic processing section calculates a measurement flow rate on the basis of the measurement signal output from the noise eliminating section.

Abstract: The internal combustion engine includes an engine preheating apparatus for preheating the internal combustion engine upon or before starting thereof. This internal combustion engine further includes an air-fuel ratio controller for setting an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine that is preheated, to a value higher than that of the internal combustion engine that is not preheated, and/or an ignition-timing controller for retarding an ignition timing of the internal combustion engine that is preheated as compared with the ignition timing of the internal combustion engine that is not preheated.

Abstract: An electric motor position control apparatus in accordance with the present invention has a plurality of sets of control parameters including at least the proportional gain of a position control section and the proportional gain of a speed control section beforehand, wherein set selection and the measurement of the response state of an electric motor to a position command at the time when the electric motor is controlled by using the control parameters of the selected set are carried out sequentially, one preferable set is selected depending on the measured response state, the control parameters of the selected set are set, and the control parameters are changed as a set.

Abstract: In a network control system, a device has screen display data indicative of its operating screen, and a controller issues a screen request (101) to obtain the screen display data, etc., as screen information (111) from the device. By using the screen display data, etc., the controller displays the operating screen. When an operation is carried out to the operating screen, its operation information and identification information of the screen display data are sent to the device as operation request (241). The device executes a function corresponding to the operation request. As a result, when the screen display data in the device is changed, the device sends the changed screen display data, etc., to the controller as screen information (121).

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate and including a resin; and a surface layer including a filler and a binder resin, wherein the surface layer and the photosensitive layer have a continuous structure, and wherein the surface layer satisfies the following relationship: ??D/5, wherein D represents an average of maximum thicknesses of the surface layer in units of micrometers in 20 segments of 5 ?m wide when a portion of a cross section of the photoreceptor of 100 ?m wide is divided into the 20 segments, and ? represents a standard deviation of the 20 maximum thicknesses.

Abstract: A method of connecting a flat cable and a terminal, comprising a sticking step in which cramp pieces (13b-13d) are stuck through a flat cable (10) to be received in corresponding cavities (15b, 15c) that are provided to allow the cramp pieces to maintain their shapes, and a cramping step in which the cramp pieces that have been stuck through the flat cable are bent and thereby cramped to the flat cable.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a ceramic member with excellent balance between oxygen ion conductivity and endurance (resistance to cracking and the like), an oxygen ion permeation module and a chemical reactor such as an oxygen separator, using such a ceramic member. The ceramic member with oxygen ion conductivity in accordance with the present invention has a perovskite-type crystal structure and a composition represented by the general formula (Ln1-xMx)(Ti1-yFey)O3 (where Ln represents at least one element selected from lanthanoids, and M represents at least one element selected from the group containing Sr, Ca, and Ba, 0<x<1, 0.4?y<1, x+y?1). The oxygen ion permeation module composed by employing such a ceramic member can be used as a structural component of an oxygen separator, an oxidation reactor (for example, a reactor for partial oxidation of hydrocarbons), and the like.

Abstract: A heating apparatus includes magnetic field generating means for generating an AC magnetic field; a heat generation member for generating heat by the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating means, the heat generation member being effective to heat a material to be heated; a magnetic field suppressing member for suppressing the magnetic field from the magnetic field generating means the heat generation member; moving means for moving the magnetic field suppressing member into a gap between the magnetic field generating means and a heat generating portion where the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating means substantially acts on the heat generation member; magnetic field control means for controling an effective magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating means, wherein the magnetic field control means changes the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating means in accordance with a moving operation of the magnetic field suppressing member, and

Abstract: A color toner composition including at least toner particles including at least a binder resin; a colorant and a release agent dispersed in the binder resin; and a titania as an external additive, wherein the colorant has an average dispersion particle diameter not greater than 0.5 ?m; the release agent and the binder resin are insoluble to each other; the toner particles satisfy the relationship: 0.05?Dw/D4? 0.4, wherein Dw represents an average dispersion particle diameter of the release agent and D4 represents a weight-average particle diameter of the toner particles; and the titania has a segregation rate of from 0.5 to 5%.

Abstract: A damping brace having an axial force member for providing bearing forces against tensile or compressive forces, a constraining member for constraining the axial force member, and a stiffening part for supplementing the stiffness of the axial force member. An adhesion preventive coating is provided for preventing adhesion between the constraining member and the stiffening part. A length of the stiffening part extending along the axial direction and the gap between the stiffening part and the constraining member are defined in such a way as to prevent an end of the axial force member from rotating in the axial direction beyond a specific angle when the compressive force is applied to the force member.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, or salts or solvates thereof, which can be used as probes for the imaging diagnosis of diseases in which tau protein accumulates, and compositions and kits comprising such compounds, or salts or solvates thereof. The present invention also provides a method for staining neurofibrillary tangles in brain samples, and a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a disease in which ?-sheet structure is the cause or possible cause.

Abstract: An error rate of a bit synchronous circuit is decreased to a large extent by preventing following excessively the jitters included in input data. A phase detect circuit of a bit synchronous circuit includes a majority decision circuit. The majority decision circuit counts UP0 and DN0 signals as a phase comparison result of comparing phases by a UP0 counter and a DN0 counter for a period of time, and its count number is judged by a magnitude relation determination circuit. The magnitude relation determination circuit outputs an UP signal if the UP0 signal is majority, a DN signal if the DN0 signal is majority, and a FIX signal if the UP0 signal is equal to the DN0 signal. Accordingly, since it is possible to prevent following the jitters included in input data, etc., an error rate for bit synchronization can be reduced to a large extent.

Abstract: A photosensitive body cartridge detachably attachable to a body of an image forming apparatus has a photosensitive body, a lower frame, and an upper frame that is disposed above and is attachable to the lower frame. The upper frame includes an upper engaging portion that engages the lower frame and the lower frame includes a lower engaging portion that engages the upper frame, and the upper engaging portion and the lower engaging portion extend in directions opposite to each other in a state where the upper frame is attached to the lower frame, and when the upper frame and the lower frame are engaged with each other, the upper engaging portion and the lower engaging portion overlap each other.

Abstract: A photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate; a photosensitive layer; and optionally a protective layer, wherein an outermost layer thereof includes a filler, an organic compound having an acid value of from 10 to 700 mg KOH/g and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds having the following formulae (1) and (2): wherein R1 (R3) and R2 (R4) independently represent a substituted or an unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, and optionally share bond connectivity to form a heterocyclic group including a nitrogen atom; Ar1 (Ar3) and Ar2 (Ar4) independently represent a substituted or a unsubstituted aromatic ring group; k (K) and m (M) independently represent 0 or an integer of from 1 to 3, wherein k (K) and m (M) are not 0 at the same time; and n (n?) represents an integer of from 1 to 3.

Abstract: An internal wire is formed via an oxide film on the front surface of a semiconductor substrate so as to extend toward the boundary relative to an adjacent integrated circuit region. An upper supporting base is fixedly formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate by means of a resin layer of epoxy adhesive or the like, and a lower supporting base is fixedly formed on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate by means of a resin layer of epoxy adhesive or the like, whereby a laminated body is formed. The resin layer and the internal wire are partially removed, leaving a portion of the laminated body, to thereby form an inverted-V shaped groove (a cut-off groove) where a part of the internal wire is exposed to the outside. Thereafter, the resulting cut-off groove is exposed to plasma atmosphere to thereby dissolve, and thus remove, any remaining resin fragments attached to the exposed end portion of the internal wire.

Abstract: For marking a package efficiently at low cost, there is provided a dicing sheet 25 having transfer patterns 28A, 28B and an alignment mark 31 disposed at predetermined positions on a main surface of a base material 26, and an orientation flat 32 of a semiconductor wafer 1 and the alignment mark 31 are aligned with each other, then the main surface of the dicing sheet with the transfer patterns 28A, 28B and the alignment mark 31 disposed thereon and a back surface of the semiconductor wafer 1 are affixed to each other, and thereafter heat and pressure are applied to a back surface of the dicing sheet 25, thereby allowing the transfer patterns 28A and 28B to be transferred at a time to back surfaces of semiconductor chips from the dicing sheet 25.