Abstract: A liquid immersion member in an immersion exposure apparatus, which exposes a substrate with exposure light which transits an exposure liquid, has a first recovery port, which is capable of recovering the exposure liquid and that is disposed at least partly around an optical member and an optical path of the exposure light that passes through the exposure liquid between the optical member and the substrate. A cleaning method of cleaning the liquid immersion member comprises: supplying a cleaning liquid to a recovery passageway of the liquid immersion member, wherethrough the exposure liquid recovered via the first recovery port from a space, which the first recovery port faces, flows. The liquid immersion member has a first discharge port, which is for discharging the exposure liquid from the recovery passageway, and a second discharge port, which is for discharging a gas from the recovery passageway and hinders the discharge of the exposure liquid more than the first discharge port does.

Abstract: An immersion exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with exposure light that transits an exposure liquid. A liquid immersion member has a first recovery port, which is capable of recovering the exposure liquid, and is disposed at least partly around an optical member and an optical path of the exposure light that passes through the exposure liquid between the optical member and the substrate. A cleaning method comprises: supplying a cleaning liquid to a recovery passageway, wherethrough the exposure liquid recovered via the first recovery port from a space, which the first recovery port faces, flows; and recovering the cleaning liquid from the recovery passageway.

Abstract: A liquid recovery apparatus is used in an immersion exposure apparatus and is connected to a liquid immersion member, which is disposed at least partly around an optical path of exposure light that passes through an optical member and a liquid between the optical member and an object. The liquid recovery apparatus comprises: a first passageway, which is connected to a discharge part of the liquid immersion member that separately discharges the liquid and a gas from a recovery passageway of the liquid immersion member wherethrough the liquid recovered via a recovery port of the liquid immersion member flows, into which the liquid discharged via a first discharge port of the discharge part flows; a second passageway, into which the gas discharged via a second discharge port of the discharge part flows; and a first detection apparatus, which is disposed in at least part of the second passageway and detects the amount of the gas discharged via the second discharge port.

Abstract: A stage apparatus which can highly accurately measure the position of a stage, while achieving a high throughput, and an exposure apparatus provided with the stage apparatus. A stage apparatus is provided with: air-conditioning apparatuses (28X, 28Y) that supply temperature controlled air (down flow), which comes from a +Z direction to a ?Z direction, to a light path of a laser beam radiated from a laser interferometer onto moving mirrors (26X, 26Y) provided on a wafer stage (WST); and an air conditioning apparatus (29) that supplies temperature controlled air (lower layer side flow), which comes from a ?Y direction to a +Y direction, to a space lower than the light path of the laser beam. Furthermore, an air conditioning apparatus (34), which supplied temperature controlled air to a light path of an autofocusing sensor composed of an irradiation optical system (33a) and a light receiving optical system (33b), is provided.

Abstract: A method for measuring the activity of creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) isozyme which is accurate, high in specificity, convenient, by inhibiting the activity of a mitochondria-localized creatine kinase (mCK) isozyme to avoid the influence of mCK and a measurement reagent therefor are provided.

Abstract: A method for measuring the activity of creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) isozyme which is accurate, high in specificity, convenient, by inhibiting the activity of a mitochondria localized creatine kinase (mCK) isozyme to avoid the influence of mCK and a measurement reagent therefor.

Abstract: The first input route information with a virtual path identifier, a virtual channel identifier and a line identifier set in the header of an input cell is compressed, and a base address with a lower number of bits than the input route information is generated from a part of the second input route information selected by the compression using a first conversion table. Then, third data consisting of both the base address and a part of the second input route information other than the part of the second input route information selected by the compression are generated, and the third data are converted to a routing tag using a second conversion table.

Abstract: In a method of executing OAM processing in a plural-line terminating apparatus, a physical layer terminator converts a line signal to cells and adds a line identifier onto each cell header, the identifier specifying the line on which the cell arrived. A header converter converts a line-identifier/VPI/VCI of each cell to an identifier ICID for internal processing. An OAM processor unitarily manages data, which is necessary for OAM processing of each line, by a connection management table using the internal-processing identifier as an address, reads data from the management table based upon the ICID of the cells received from each of the lines, and executes OAM processing conforming to each line using the data that has been read.

Abstract: An improved protective growing fruit bag is applied to fruit growing on a plant for protecting the fruit from disease, insects, birds and especially from sunburn caused by irradiation by sunlight. The bag has at least an inner bag, which is made of black wax paper and an outer bag, whose interior is black. The fruit bag provides sufficient light shielding until the bag removal time. When the fruit is sufficiently grown, the entire bag is removed in one step during daytime when the temperature inside the bag is sufficiently high, preventing sunburning of the fruit.

Abstract: An identifier translation apparatus is provided that does not require a prohibitively large memory capacity and that is simple in construction and capable of increasing the speed of processing. Using an address consisting of a VPI and the high-order 6 bits of a VCI, a first-stage table is read to retrieve a block number, and using an address consisting of the retrieved block number and the low-order 6 bits of the VCI, a second-stage table is read to retrieve a routing tag. The routing tag is then appended to a cell.

Abstract: In a data access device for writing into or read from a data conversion table on the basis of a clock signal extracted from a cell being transferred over a line, a clock signal generator of the invention generates a second clock signal which differs from the first clock signal extracted from an incoming cell. A write/read control unit writes data into or reads data for maintenance from the data conversion table on the basis of either the first clock signal or the second clock signal when the line is normal. In the event of the occurrence of a failure in the line, on the other hand, the write/read control circuit permits the data conversion table to be written into or read from for maintenance on the basis of the second clock signal.

Abstract: A police system of ATM exchange comprises an ATM exchange for exchanging the ATM cells, and an input cell speed limiting unit disposed in an input side of the ATM exchange and having a plurality of elastic buffers with a read speed equivalent to a band designated to each of a plurality of subscribers accommodated in the exchange, the elastic buffers being in accordance with the subscribers, the input cell speed limiting unit being arranged to limit the speeds of cells which are transmitted from each of the subscribers to the exchange to the band designated to each of the subscriber. The ATM exchange can completely manage and restrict the band of a line. Even if a congestion state takes place instantaneously due to an excessive cell flow, it does not affect calls which are in compliance with a predetermined band.

Abstract: It is determined whether or not a passing cell is a cell to be measured. If yes, a signal synchronous with the passing cycle of the cell is generated by a synchronous signal generator. The synchronous signal is digitally processed by a digital signal processor. Thus, each parameter related to the number of passing cells is obtained by converting the analysis based on the time axis to the area analysis based on the frequency axis.