Abstract: A pellet used for spectrometry is manufactured by, for example, mixing polyethylene powder having an average particle size not greater than 35 ?m with powder of an analysis target, and compressing the mixture. A sample pellet (B) prepared by compacting only polyethylene powder having an average particle size not grater than 35 ?m exhibits a high transmittance in the wave number range of 10-340 cm?1. In spectrometry using a pellet of the present invention, spectrum waveform of the analysis target material at a range of wave number 140-250 cm?1 is measured.

Abstract: In registering operation of a document to be searched for, a document identifier management table for managing a range of a document identifier stored for each page and a page identifier of the page is created, and an individual-search-server's search range management table for managing the range of the document identifier in charge of each search server is created. In searching operation of each search server of the document to be searched for, the individual-search-server's search range management table is referred to acquire a range of the allocated document identifier. For each index key forming a query term specified as a query condition, the document identifier management table is referred to to acquire the page identifier storing the document identifier of the allocated range. The searching operation is carried out by referring to a page shown by the acquired page identifier.

Abstract: A data transfer device for performing direct memory access (DMA) transfer of data stored in a storage unit to a plurality of other devices includes: a plurality of channel units arranged to correspond to the other devices, the channel units retaining DMA transfer instructions, and outputting number of the DMA transfer instructions retained; a plurality of priority controllers for determining priorities of the channel units on the basis of the number of the DMA transfer instructions retained in the channel units, respectively; an arbiter for selecting one of the DMA transfer instructions retained in one of the channel units on the basis of the priorities determined by the priority controller; and a data transfer processor for performing DMA transfer of data stored in the storage unit to one of the other devices in accordance with the DMA transfer instruction selected by the arbiter.

Abstract: There is provided a measuring apparatus including a space arrangement structure that includes space regions surrounded by conductors in a plane, an electromagnetic wave emitter that emits electromagnetic waves towards an object held by the space arrangement structure, and an electromagnetic wave detector that measures the electromagnetic waves that have passed through the space arrangement structure. Here, characteristics of the object are measured by measuring the electromagnetic waves that have passed through the space arrangement structure. The electromagnetic waves emitted from the electromagnetic wave emitter towards the space arrangement structure are incident on the plane containing the space regions at an angle, and the electromagnetic waves that have passed through the space arrangement structure are measured.

Abstract: A DMA apparatus which reads data corresponding to a descriptor from memory, and a dividing unit in a descriptor management device divides one descriptor into a plurality of sub-descriptors. A plurality of DMA controllers produce a plurality of reading requests for reading data corresponding to the plurality of sub-descriptors from the memory. A memory controller reads the corresponding data from the memory according to the plurality of reading requests.

Abstract: In a DMA control method in which a DMA controller transfers data in memory to an input/output device in accordance with the control information which is provided by a processing device to a DMA controller, a processing device implements a step in which the processing device sets an information block comprising the control information and the data in the memory; a step in which address information of the information block is provided by the processing device to the DMA controller; a step in which the DMA controller reads the information block from the memory based on the address information and extracts the control information; and a step in which the DMA controller transfers the data in the information block to the I/O device based on the control information.

Abstract: A file control system performing DMA (direct memory access) transfer is provided. The file control system includes file control devices, and each of the file control devices is provided between a host computer and an external storage device. A first file control device among the file control devices checks for errors in the data read from a memory, changes the error detection code added to the read data from a first error detection code to a second error detection code, changes at least a part of the data when an error is detected, and executes DMA-transfer of the data, which is changed or is not changed, to a second file control device of the transfer destination.

Abstract: This invention provides an amorphous transformer for electric power supply, using a magnetic core formed of an amorphous alloy material, which, as compared with the conventional amorphous alloy material, has a lower annealing temperature and a higher level of magnetic properties. The amorphous transformer for electric power supply is provided with a magnetic core of a thin band of an amorphous alloy and a winding wire. The iron core has been annealed under such conditions that the iron core center part temperature during annealing after iron core molding is 300 to 340° C. and the holding time is not less than 0.5 hr. Further, for the iron core, the magnetic field intensity during annealing after the iron core molding is not less than 800 A/m.

Abstract: A DMA circuit prevents an erroneous data transfer by a descriptor due to an address failure of memory. When a descriptor is created, the data processing unit writes a pointer, for storing the descriptor, in a predetermined part of the descriptor, and stores the descriptor in memory, and when a DMA engine reads the descriptor from the memory, the DMA engine confirms whether the value is correct, and judges whether a DMA transfer of the data in the memory is possible. For both reading and writing of a descriptor, data corruption due to an address failure can be prevented.

Abstract: A magnetic core making use of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon that simultaneously attains miniaturization and noise reduction through realization of high Bs; and an applied product making use of the same. There is provided a magnetic core making use of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, wherein the saturated magnetic flux density (Bs) of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon is ?1.60 T and wherein the ratio between magnetic flux density at a core external magnetic field of 80 A/m (B80) and Bs of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, B80/Bs, is ?0.90.

Abstract: A coated paper for printing having a bulk density of 1.05 g/cm3 or less and two or more coating layers mainly composed of white pigments and adhesives formed on at least one side of a base paper which has a bulk density of 0.75 g/cm3 or less, wherein pigments of an undercoat in contact with an outermost coating layer comprises satin white of 1-30 mass % whose average particle diameter is within a range of 0.1-1.3 ?m measured pursuant to radiolucent particle size distribution measurement and other white pigments of 70-99 mass %, wherein an amount of the adhesives of the undercoat is within a range of 10-20 mass % based on 100 mass parts of pigment components.

Abstract: Even if produced from a broad amorphous alloy ribbon, a nano crystal soft magnetic alloy, a magnetic core made of a nano crystal soft magnetic alloy, and the amorphous alloy ribbon for a nano crystal soft magnetic alloys which has the excellent alternate magnetic property, the small dispersion, the excellent temporal stability in high temperature, the excellent mass productivity can be provided. An amorphous alloy ribbon, wherein the alloy composition is represented by Fe100-a-b-c-dMaSibBcCd (atomic %), 0<a?10, 0?b?20, 2?c?20, 0<d?2, 9?a+b+c+d?35, and an amorphous alloy ribbon consists of inevitable impurities, and said M is at least one element selected from Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W, and C concentration takes maximum value at 2-20 nm depth from the surface of said amorphous alloy with equivalent SiO2.

Abstract: To be able to transmit a response packet to a target, which is the original request source node, even if, after issuing a request from a node to another, a bus ID/a device ID is replaced in the PCI-Express switch before said another node makes a response to the request source node in a PCI-Express communication system, which uses a PCI-Express switch. For that purpose, a unique node ID for indicating each node is set to the nodes, a channel ID is set to each channel used for data transfer, and the node ID of the transfer destination module, the channel ID of a channel used for the data transfer, and the packet type indicating that the packet is a request or a response are set in an address field of a packet of data transfer. For the data transfer, only a memory write request packet routed by address routing is used.

Abstract: This invention provides a production process, which can stably produce high-quality satin white (calcium trisulfoaluminate) having very small and homogeneous particulate shapes suitable for incorporation into coated paper for printing, and an apparatus for use in said process. In this process for producing calcium trisulfoaluminate, a calcium hydroxide suspension (A) is reacted with an aqueous aluminum sulfate solution (B) to produce calcium trisulfoaluminate (C). The aqueous aluminum sulfate solution (B) is added in plurality of stages to the calcium hydroxide suspension (A). At least any one stage of the plurality of stages addition, addition of the aqueous aluminum sulfate solution (B) to the calcium hydroxide suspension (A) is carried out in such a manner that the aqueous aluminum sulfate solution (B) is continuously added to the calcium hydroxide suspension (A) being continuously transferred.

Abstract: Information that individual elements (characteristic character strings) indicative of characteristics of a registered document appear in the registered document is stored in advance. When calculating similarity of the registered document, a query designated by a searcher is analyzed. The query is represented by a characteristic vector having the individual elements which take the relation between a plurality of words into consideration. Pieces of appearance information of the individual words contained in the query are counted. The counted appearance information is compared with a searching index to calculate similarity between documents.

Abstract: An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having a composition comprising FeaSibBcCd and inevitable impurities, wherein a is 80 to 83 atomic %, b is 0.1 to 5 atomic %, c is 14 to 18 atomic %, and d is 0.01 to 3 atomic %, the concentration distribution of C measured radially from both surfaces to the inside of said Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having a peak within a depth of 2 to 20 nm.

Abstract: A fluid filled type engine mount wherein a partition member is furnished with a valve housing zone and a valve body composed of ferromagnetic material is housed displaceably within the valve housing zone. An urging member is provided for urging the valve body towards a displacing end situated towards an equilibrium chamber. A valve member includes a coil disposed about the valve body in the partition member and energizing the coil to urge the valve body towards a pressure receiving chamber in opposition to urging force in order to place a second orifice passage in a cutoff state through by the urging force of the urging member, and in a communicating state through energization of the coil to separate contacting portions of the valve body and a wall of the valve housing zone.

Abstract: A fluid filled type engine mount that includes a movable film that is disposed in a partition member so that a second orifice passage connects a pressure receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber via the movable film. It also includes a valve member that is composed of: a valve body formed of ferromagnetic material; an urging member for exerting urging force on the valve body so that the second orifice passage is placed in a cutoff state by the valve body when the urging member is in an initial state; and a coil disposed in an interior of the partition member. The coil is energized to generate a magnetic field by which the valve body is displaced in order to place the second orifice passage in a communicating state.

Abstract: In response to a request from a central processing unit (CPU) 11 (i.e., firmware) of a node 10, a transfer control unit 14a of a direct memory access (DMA) controller 14 transmits a message and data to another discretionary node 3 by way of a serial bus 1, a switch 2 or the like. In this event, the firmware stores data to be transmitted, a message, and a descriptor thereof in memory 12. In the case of requesting the transmission of the message, the descriptor contains a flag indicating “whether or not there is a need to wait for a response from the data transmission destination”. If the flag is set to ON, the transfer control unit 14a notifies the firmware of a simulated completion immediately instead of waiting for a completion response from the transmission destination node 3.

Abstract: In order to provide an interrupt processing method capable of improving an I/O response, and the number of times of I/O processing, of an interrupt target apparatus, an apparatus control unit 101 determines an interrupt processing method based on a load of the unit itself and stores the determined interrupt processing method as interrupt control information. A peripheral apparatus control unit 102, having received an execution request from the apparatus control unit 101, reads an instruction from an instruction storage unit 103 and executes the instruction, performs an interrupt on the apparatus control unit 101 by the interrupt processing method based on the interrupt control information and notifies of a completion.