Abstract: A clock generating circuit generates a clock of a rate corresponding to a Dch rate in response to a specification from the exterior. A counting circuit detects completion of reception of one frame by counting the clock number up to “11” at timing at which a start bit detecting circuit detects a start bit in a serial signal. An S/P converting circuit fetches a serial Dch signal bit by bit in synchronism with the clock, outputs the latest fetched 10 bits in a parallel form and latches eight bits of a real data portion among the output data into a latch circuit at the time when reception of one frame is completed. In parallel with the above operation, a parity calculating circuit and flag/interruption generating circuit set various flags and generate a reception completion interruption.

Abstract: According to the present invention, hybridization reaction and washing steps can be carried out continuously without taking out the substrate from the apparatus, thereby simplifying manipulation of the experiment. A reaction solution or a washing solution is injected with a pump 6 and discharged with a pump 22 into and from a case 3 which accommodates a substrate 1 immobilized with biological substances. As the substrate 1, a disc-shaped substrate with a throughhole at the center is used. An agitator 2 is placed in the throughhole to agitate the reaction solution or the washing solution during the hybridization reaction or the subsequent washing, thereby shortening the reaction time and the washing time.

Abstract: A particulate filter (22) is arranged in an exhaust passage of an engine. When an amount of discharged particulate discharged from a combustion chamber (5) per unit time exceeds an amount of particulate removable by oxidation which can be removed by oxidation on the particulate filter (22) per unit time without emitting a luminous flame, at least one of the amount of discharged particulate and the amount of particulate removable by oxidation is controlled so that the amount of discharged particulate becomes smaller than the amount of particulate removable by oxidation, whereby the particulate in the exhaust gas can be continuously removed by oxidation on the particulate filter (22) without emitting a luminous flame.

Abstract: An information input/output system capable of selecting an optimum service station is provided in accordance with various service requests. An information input/output system according to the present invention comprises: a service center for offering various services through a communication network, a plurality of service stations for transmitting/receiving information to/from the service center through the communication network; and a user terminal for transmitting/receiving information to/from the service center or the service station through the communication network. In the present invention, even if the user terminal is not equipped with a printer or a facility for download or upload, various services can be received by arbitrarily selecting the service station 3 having necessary devices or facilities. It is hence possible to rapidly and precisely meet diverse service requests from a user.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enable appropriate switching among a plurality of modes including a cellular communication mode and an RFID information receiving function. A communication system is comprised of an RFID configured to transmit predetermined ID information of its own, a server capable of being connected to a cellular communication network, and an aggregation point for aggregating information from the RFID. In the communication system, the aggregation point, which is comprised of a mobile communication terminal or the like, is provided with an ID receiver for receiving ID information from an RFID, and a cellular communication part for performing cellular communication via the cellular communication network.

Abstract: In an optical head of a DVD drive, a light-emitting device and light-receiving devices are disposed on one face of a substrate, and on the other face of the substrate, a diffraction light separating device, a &lgr;/4 plate, and a dielectric plate having a converging focus lens are sequentially, hierarchically integrated. With the configuration, a laser beam (transmission beam) emitted from the front light-outgoing end of the semiconductor laser device sequentially passes through the diffraction light separating device, &lgr;/4 wave plate, and dielectric plate having the converging focus lens to form an image on a recording face of a recording medium (optical recording medium). A reflected beam reflected by the recording face returns reversely along the optical path through which the transmission beam has traveled, the phase of the reflected beam is changed by the &lgr;/4 wave plate, and the phase-changed reflected beam is separated into two primary diffracted beams in two directions.

Abstract: There are proposed a diesel particulate filter being small in the pressure loss in the deposition of soot and high in the filtering efficiency and a ceramic sintered body constituting a main body thereof and a method of producing the same. The porous ceramic sintered body constituting the diesel particulate filter has communicated pores consisting of large pores 21 and small pores 22. The large pores are existent on at least surface layer portion of the sintered body, and the small pores 22 have a size relatively smaller than that of the large pore 21 and are existent on the surface layer and inside of the sintered body. Also, NOx occlusion catalyst is carried on the surface of the ceramic sintered body and the inner surfaces of the communicated pores.

Abstract: A particulate filter (22) carrying an active oxygen release agent which takes in oxygen and holds oxygen when excess oxygen is present in the surroundings and releases the held oxygen in the form of active oxygen when the concentration of oxygen in the surroundings falls is arranged in an exhaust passage of an engine. The air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the particulate filter (22) is normally maintained lean and is occasionally switched to rich temporarily. When the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is switched to rich, an oxidation reaction of the particulate on the particulate filter is promoted by the active oxygen released from the active oxygen release agent. Due to this, the particulate in the exhaust gas is continuously removed by oxidation on the particulate filter (22) without emitting a luminous flame.

Abstract: A therapeutic agent for sepsis and various symptoms accompanying sepsis (such as septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome, adult respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ dysfunction) is disclosed. The therapeutic agent for sepsis according to the present invention comprises as an effective ingredient an opioid &kgr; receptor agonist compound such as (−)-17-(cyclopropylmethyl)-3,14&bgr;-dihydroxy-4,5&agr;-epoxy-6&bgr;[N-methyl-trans-3-(3-furyl)acrylamide] oxide derivative. The opioid &kgr; receptor agonist compound may be administered as it is or in the form of a pharmaceutical composition prepared by mixing the compound with a known pharmaceutically acceptable acid, carrier or vehicle orally or parenterally.

Abstract: The emergency call such as Enhanced 911 call or the like is also originated through an exchange such as PBX (Private Branch Exchange). In this case, the identification information such as the extension number of the extension telephone terminal connected to the PBX should be transmitted to a network corresponding to the emergency call. For the extension telephone terminal, it is necessary to unhook or to capture an arbitrary line by the line key, before inputting the dial data “911”. Independent of the capture of arbitrary line, the PBX searches a vacant line connected to the network corresponding to the emergency call, captures the vacant line, transmits the identification information such as the extension number, and switches over and connects the extension telephone terminal from the line captured by the terminal to the vacant line.

Abstract: A reducing agent for use in an internal combustion engine is a mixture of an ammonia-derived solid reducing material and a water-insoluble liquid in which the solid reducing agent is immersed. A reducing-agent supply device is provided for supplying a denitration catalyst with the reducing agent, such that the reducing agent is introduced into a portion of an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine which is upstream of the denitration catalyst.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device has a pair of leads placed in parallel, a light-emitting element on the upper end of one lead, a bonding wire for electrically connecting the semiconductor light-emitting element of the upper end of another lead, and an envelope formed from a light-transmitting resin for sealing the semiconductor light-emitting element, the bonding wire, and the upper end of the leads, provided with a non-circular lateral cross-sectional surface structure with a long axis and a short axis. In the device, when observed along a direction in which the plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted on a same lead frame, a curvature of the lateral direction of said envelope is smaller than a curvature of the vertical direction of said envelope.

Abstract: A pair of particulate filters arranged in parallel in an exhaust passage and a combustion device for supplying to the filters exhaust gas having a temperature elevation capability higher than the temperature elevation capability of the engine exhaust gas able to raise the filter temperature are provided. An NOx catalyst and oxidizing substance are carried on each filter. When the NOx absorbed in an NOx catalyst should be reduced, the flow of engine exhaust gas into the filter carrying the NOx catalyst for reduction of the NOx is suppressed and a rich air-fuel ratio exhaust gas is supplied from the combustion device to the filter so that the filter temperature is maintained higher than a particulate continuous oxidation temperature in the NOx reduction temperature range.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and unit for the transport of rice, in particular to the continuous pneumatic transport X of rice in a rice mill. Sensors for the measurement of the humidity and the temperature of the transporting air are arranged in the transport lines and the actual value can be adjusted to match a set value by means of suitable regulators.

Abstract: In a solid-state image pick-up device having a photoelectrical conversion element cell array with a matrix arrangement of cells, between either a first or second signal line and a prescribed selection circuit that drives the signal line are provided a multiple signal line received light amount value storage means that includes a amount of received light detection means that separately reads out the amount of received light data for a plurality of photoelectrical conversion element cells connected to a plurality of selected signal lines in the other signal group, and a switching means that selectively transmits this detected amount of received light information to an output means.

Abstract: A surface emitting laser device comprising, on a semiconductor substrate, an active region for generating light, a current confinement region disposed on the side opposite to the semiconductor substrate relative to the active region, an optical cavity comprising reflectors putting the active region and the current confinement region vertically therebetween in the direction of layering the semiconductor layer, a first electrode disposed on the side of the semiconductor substrate relative to the current confinement region and a second electrode disposed on the side opposite to the semiconductor layer relative to the current confinement region, and having a layered structure capable of forming 2-dimensional carriers between the current confinement region and the second electrode, in which a current flowing from the electrode to the current confinement region has a component in the horizontal direction relative to the surface of the substrate and is conducted mainly by way of the channel for the 2-dimensional car

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to find novel genes that relate to, but are not limited to, pain, such as neuropathic pain, shingles pain, and post-herpetic neuralgia, and are induced upon pain, and provide a reagent, method and pharmaceutical for diagnosing and assessing pain, or preventing and treating pain.

Abstract: An exhaust purifying method and apparatus of an internal combustion engine are provided with an exhaust switch valve for switching a flow of exhaust gas flowing into an exhaust filter. By switching the exhaust switch valve, the exhaust gas is fed from one side and the other side of the filter, thereby stirring the soot (particulates) in the exhaust gas deposited on the filter having a NOx absorbent and an active-oxygen discharging agent supported thereon. Thus, the soot in the exhaust gas is continuously burned. Moreover, the switching of the exhaust switch valve and the rich spike are inhibited from being conducted simultaneously. In the case where the rich spike is conducted in order to discharge and reduce NOx absorbed in the NOx absorbent, the exhaust gas containing a large amount of HC and CO can be prevented from being discharged into the atmosphere without being purified.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device has a pair of leads placed in parallel, a light-emitting element on the upper end of one lead, a bonding wire for electrically connecting the semiconductor light-emitting element of the upper end of another lead, and an envelope formed from a light-transmitting resin for sealing the semiconductor light-emitting element, the bonding wire, and the upper end of the leads, provided with a non-circular lateral cross-sectional surface structure with a long axis and a short axis. In the device, when observed along a direction in which the plurality of light-emitting devices are mounted on a same lead frame, a curvature of the lateral direction of said envelope is smaller than a curvature of the vertical direction of said envelope.

Abstract: An exhaust control valve (24) is arranged in an exhaust pipe (22) of an internal combustion engine. At the time of engine startup and warmup operation, the exhaust control valve (24) is substantially fully closed, the amount of injection of main fuel is increased from the optimum amount of injection at the time when the exhaust control valve is fully opened, auxiliary fuel is additionally injected during the expansion stroke, and thereby the unburned hydrocarbons exhausted into the atmosphere is greatly reduced at the time of engine startup and warmup operation.