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A method for manufacturing spherical composite particles, the method comprising: melting and kneading a meltable organic solid, a component immiscible with the organic solid, and one or more fillers having specific differences in solubility parameter SP from the organic solid to give spherical composite particles comprising the organic solid and the filler(s) and being dispersed in the component, wherein the meltable organic solid is selected from thermoplastic resins, unvulcanized rubbers and thermoplastic elastomers, wherein a first filler having a difference in SP of less than 5 and a second filler having a difference in SP of 5 or more are used as the fillers to give the spherical composite particles which internally include the first filler and externally bear the second filler, wherein the filler(s) comprises a filler whose surface has been treated with a substance having a specific difference in SP from the organic solid, and wherein the solubility parameter SP is determined according to the technique described in "SP values, basis, applications, and calculating methods; Hideki Yamamoto, Johokiko Co. Ltd., issued on March 31, 2005". melting and kneading a meltable organic solid, a component immiscible with the organic solid, and one or more fillers having specific differences in solubility parameter SP from the organic solid to give spherical composite particles comprising the organic solid and the filler(s) and being dispersed in the component, wherein the meltable organic solid is selected from thermoplastic resins, unvulcanized rubbers and thermoplastic elastomers, wherein a first filler having a difference in SP of less than 5 and a second filler having a difference in SP of 5 or more are used as the fillers to give the spherical composite particles which internally include the first filler and externally bear the second filler, wherein the filler(s) comprises a filler whose surface has been treated with a substance having a specific difference in SP from the organic solid, and wherein the solubility parameter SP is determined according to the technique described in "SP values, basis, applications, and calculating methods; Hideki Yamamoto, Johokiko Co. Ltd., issued on March 31, 2005".
A method for encapsulating a side-emitting laser chip mounted on a sub-portion of a printed circuit board, PCB, of a chip-onboard, CoB, assembly, comprising the steps of: providing a glass window; providing a window bracket (360; 760) comprising a first walled portion, a second walled portion attached to the first walled portion, and a third walled portion opposite the second walled portion attached to the first wall portion, the first walled portion further comprising a cutaway section (362; 762) configured to accommodate the glass window; attaching the glass window to the window holding bracket to cover and/or fill the cutaway section of the first walled portion; affixing the window holding bracket to the PCB of the CoB assembly so the side-emitting laser chip is adjacent to the first walled portion and between the second and third walled portions and so a base surface of the glass window is disposed on a surface of the PCB; and after affixing the window holding bracket to the PCB, applying an optical encapsulant to cover the side-emitting laser chip. providing a glass window; providing a window bracket (360; 760) comprising a first walled portion, a second walled portion attached to the first walled portion, and a third walled portion opposite the second walled portion attached to the first wall portion, the first walled portion further comprising a cutaway section (362; 762) configured to accommodate the glass window; attaching the glass window to the window holding bracket to cover and/or fill the cutaway section of the first walled portion; affixing the window holding bracket to the PCB of the CoB assembly so the side-emitting laser chip is adjacent to the first walled portion and between the second and third walled portions and so a base surface of the glass window is disposed on a surface of the PCB; and after affixing the window holding bracket to the PCB, applying an optical encapsulant to cover the side-emitting laser chip.
A package for use with a MYO cigarette machine, comprising: a cigarette tube holder, arranged to receive a plurality of cigarette tubes; and a cover; characterised by the cigarette tube holder being movable relative to the cover between a first position, in which the cigarette tubes are concealed by at least the cover to prevent the machine from accessing the plurality of cigarette tubes, and a second position, in which at least one of the cigarette tubes is accessible, such that differing degrees of relative movement of the cover relative to the cigarette tube holder allow for differing numbers of cigarette tubes to be accessible. a cigarette tube holder, arranged to receive a plurality of cigarette tubes; and a cover; characterised by the cigarette tube holder being movable relative to the cover between a first position, in which the cigarette tubes are concealed by at least the cover to prevent the machine from accessing the plurality of cigarette tubes, and a second position, in which at least one of the cigarette tubes is accessible, such that differing degrees of relative movement of the cover relative to the cigarette tube holder allow for differing numbers of cigarette tubes to be accessible.
A medical sponge (10, 110) comprising: a first layer (20, 120) constructed from a biocompatible absorption material, wherein the absorption material includes a woven or non-woven material; a second layer (30, 130) positioned abutting the first layer (20, 120), the second layer (30, 130) constructed from a non-toxic, biocompatible deflection material that includes polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); and a bonding element (40, 140) connected to the first layer (20, 120) and the second layer (30, 130), wherein the bonding element (40, 140) adheres the first layer (20, 120) and the second layer (30, 130) together and the bonding element (40, 140) is selected from the group consisting of: an ultrasonic welding joint, a plurality of stitches, or an adhesive-based bonding material, such as glues, or adhesive compounds. a first layer (20, 120) constructed from a biocompatible absorption material, wherein the absorption material includes a woven or non-woven material; a second layer (30, 130) positioned abutting the first layer (20, 120), the second layer (30, 130) constructed from a non-toxic, biocompatible deflection material that includes polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE); and a bonding element (40, 140) connected to the first layer (20, 120) and the second layer (30, 130), wherein the bonding element (40, 140) adheres the first layer (20, 120) and the second layer (30, 130) together and the bonding element (40, 140) is selected from the group consisting of: an ultrasonic welding joint, a plurality of stitches, or an adhesive-based bonding material, such as glues, or adhesive compounds.
An apparatus comprising: a first circuit configured to generate a first intermediate signal in a second format in response to an input signal in a first format; a processing circuit configured to generate a second intermediate signal and a third intermediate signal in response to said first intermediate signal and further in response to a color domain input signal to define color domains and a mapping method input signal to define a mapping method, wherein said processing further generates an overlap results signal indicative of an overlap between the color domains, and the processing circuit is configured to prioritize the color domains in the event of an overlap; and a conversion circuit configured to generate an output signal in said first format in response to said second intermediate signal and said third intermediate signal, wherein said processing circuit is configured to (i) implement color mapping according to the mapping method on said second intermediate signal in said second format prior to conversion to said first format for pixels falling within the color domains and (ii) pass said third intermediate signal without said color mapping for pixels not falling within the color domains. a first circuit configured to generate a first intermediate signal in a second format in response to an input signal in a first format; a processing circuit configured to generate a second intermediate signal and a third intermediate signal in response to said first intermediate signal and further in response to a color domain input signal to define color domains and a mapping method input signal to define a mapping method, wherein said processing further generates an overlap results signal indicative of an overlap between the color domains, and the processing circuit is configured to prioritize the color domains in the event of an overlap; and a conversion circuit configured to generate an output signal in said first format in response to said second intermediate signal and said third intermediate signal, wherein said processing circuit is configured to (i) implement color mapping according to the mapping method on said second intermediate signal in said second format prior to conversion to said first format for pixels falling within the color domains and (ii) pass said third intermediate signal without said color mapping for pixels not falling within the color domains.
A portable reproducing apparatus configured to receive musical content data from a storage apparatus, the portable reproducing apparatus comprising: storage means adapted to store musical content data; and communicating means adapted to communicate with said storage apparatus; wherein said communicating means is adapted to receive from said storage apparatus, information including jacket image data of said musical content data presented on a program list prepared on the storage apparatus; characterised in that: it further comprises a controller is adapted to provide an apparatus identifier of said portable reproducing apparatus to said storage apparatus through said communicating means; and said program list is associated with said apparatus identifier of said portable reproducing apparatus; said communicating means is adapted to start reception of musical content data from said storage apparatus when a connection of said portable reproducing apparatus to said storage apparatus is detected, based on said apparatus identifier of said portable reproducing apparatus; said communicating means is adapted to receive from said storage apparatus musical content data presented on said program list; and said controller is adapted to control a display to display said jacket image data while said musical content data is being played. storage means adapted to store musical content data; and communicating means adapted to communicate with said storage apparatus; wherein said communicating means is adapted to receive from said storage apparatus, information including jacket image data of said musical content data presented on a program list prepared on the storage apparatus; characterised in that: it further comprises a controller is adapted to provide an apparatus identifier of said portable reproducing apparatus to said storage apparatus through said communicating means; and said program list is associated with said apparatus identifier of said portable reproducing apparatus; it further comprises a controller is adapted to provide an apparatus identifier of said portable reproducing apparatus to said storage apparatus through said communicating means; and said program list is associated with said apparatus identifier of said portable reproducing apparatus; said communicating means is adapted to start reception of musical content data from said storage apparatus when a connection of said portable reproducing apparatus to said storage apparatus is detected, based on said apparatus identifier of said portable reproducing apparatus; said communicating means is adapted to receive from said storage apparatus musical content data presented on said program list; and said controller is adapted to control a display to display said jacket image data while said musical content data is being played.
A mobile device comprising: a circuit board on which an electronic circuit used to perform wireless communication with a vehicle-mounted device is mounted; a battery the surfaces of which being covered with a conductive member made of a metal or the like; a battery holder that holds the battery from which electric power is supplied to the electronic circuit; and a case member in which the circuit board and the battery holder are accommodated; wherein a test port is provided on one plate surface of the circuit board, the test port being a terminal electrode used in test of the electronic circuit, and the battery is a button battery having two electrode surfaces; characterized in that the battery holder holds the battery at a position at which the battery faces the test port; the battery holder holds the battery so that one of the two electrode surfaces of the battery faces the one plate surface; and the test port is disposed in an opposing space that faces the one plate surface and the one of the two electrode surfaces. a circuit board on which an electronic circuit used to perform wireless communication with a vehicle-mounted device is mounted; a battery the surfaces of which being covered with a conductive member made of a metal or the like; a battery holder that holds the battery from which electric power is supplied to the electronic circuit; and a case member in which the circuit board and the battery holder are accommodated; wherein a test port is provided on one plate surface of the circuit board, the test port being a terminal electrode used in test of the electronic circuit, and the battery is a button battery having two electrode surfaces; characterized in that the battery holder holds the battery at a position at which the battery faces the test port; the battery holder holds the battery so that one of the two electrode surfaces of the battery faces the one plate surface; and the test port is disposed in an opposing space that faces the one plate surface and the one of the two electrode surfaces.
(1aS,1bS,2S,4S,5aR,6S,6aS)-1a-(hydroxymethyl)-4-methoxy-2-(((2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)octahydrooxireno[2',3':4,5]cyclopenta[1,2-c]pyran-6-yl4-hydroxybenzoate (KS-513) represented by the following chemical formula, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvates thereof:
A design support device comprising: a receiver configured to receive precedence constraints of each work, a work time of each work and advisability of a robot work of each work, with respect to a product, a plurality of works being needed for producing the product, the precedence constraints being information indicating a relationship between a work and another work that has to be finished before the work, the advisability indicating whether working by the robot is possible or not; a first calculator configured to calculate, as a first index, a continuous work number in a case where each work which a robot cannot perform is changed to a work which the robot can perform, on a basis of the precedence constraint and the advisability of the robot work; a second calculator (30, 40) configured to calculate, as a second index, an arrangement freedom in the case where each work which the robot cannot perform is changed to a work which the robot can perform, on a basis of the precedence constraints, the work time and the advisability of the robot work, the arrangement freedom indicating a degree with which a work can be arranged in various orders with respect to determination of a work order because of a low dependence on other works; and a presenter configured to associate information according to the first index and the second index with an object work of the first index and the second index, and present the information and the object work, the object work indicating a work which the robot can perform. a receiver configured to receive precedence constraints of each work, a work time of each work and advisability of a robot work of each work, with respect to a product, a plurality of works being needed for producing the product, the precedence constraints being information indicating a relationship between a work and another work that has to be finished before the work, the advisability indicating whether working by the robot is possible or not; a first calculator configured to calculate, as a first index, a continuous work number in a case where each work which a robot cannot perform is changed to a work which the robot can perform, on a basis of the precedence constraint and the advisability of the robot work; a second calculator (30, 40) configured to calculate, as a second index, an arrangement freedom in the case where each work which the robot cannot perform is changed to a work which the robot can perform, on a basis of the precedence constraints, the work time and the advisability of the robot work, the arrangement freedom indicating a degree with which a work can be arranged in various orders with respect to determination of a work order because of a low dependence on other works; and a presenter configured to associate information according to the first index and the second index with an object work of the first index and the second index, and present the information and the object work, the object work indicating a work which the robot can perform.
A method for detecting reuse of a test strip in a biosensor, the method comprising: inoculating a test strip with a liquid, the test strip having a dry reagent and a plurality of electrodes (102, 104, 106, 107) including a bare electrode which is not in contact with the dry reagent in an unused condition of the test strip, the inoculating step being performed so that the liquid contacts the dry reagent, the bare electrode and one or more other electrodes (102, 104, 107); while the electrodes (102, 104, 106, 107) are in contact with the liquid, applying an electrical potential between the bare electrode and one or more of the other electrodes (102, 104, 107); measuring a current flow between the bare electrode and one or more of the other electrodes (102, 104, 107) responsive to application of the potential; determining, based on one or more parameters of the measured current flow, whether the test strip has been previously wetted and dried before the inoculating step; displaying a concentration of an analyte in the liquid in response to determining that the test strip had not been previously wetted and dried before the inoculating step; and inhibiting the display of the concentration of the analyte in the liquid in response to determining that the test strip had been previously wetted and dried before the inoculating step. inoculating a test strip with a liquid, the test strip having a dry reagent and a plurality of electrodes (102, 104, 106, 107) including a bare electrode which is not in contact with the dry reagent in an unused condition of the test strip, the inoculating step being performed so that the liquid contacts the dry reagent, the bare electrode and one or more other electrodes (102, 104, 107); while the electrodes (102, 104, 106, 107) are in contact with the liquid, applying an electrical potential between the bare electrode and one or more of the other electrodes (102, 104, 107); measuring a current flow between the bare electrode and one or more of the other electrodes (102, 104, 107) responsive to application of the potential; determining, based on one or more parameters of the measured current flow, whether the test strip has been previously wetted and dried before the inoculating step; displaying a concentration of an analyte in the liquid in response to determining that the test strip had not been previously wetted and dried before the inoculating step; and inhibiting the display of the concentration of the analyte in the liquid in response to determining that the test strip had been previously wetted and dried before the inoculating step.
A method of processing user data in a communications system comprising a base station having multiple directional transceiver units (120; 140; 160) and a mobile unit connected to a first and a second directional transceiver unit (140; 160) of said base station and positioned in a handover area associated with said first and second directional transceiver units (140; 160), said method comprising the steps of: increasing an antenna gain of said first directional transceiver unit in said handover area for incrementing a radio performance of said first directional transceiver unit in said handover area; said first directional transceiver unit receiving and detecting a user data carrying signal originating from said mobile unit and generating first detected user data based on said received and detected user data carrying signal; said second directional transceiver unit receiving and detecting said user data carrying signal originating from said mobile unit and generating second detected user data based on said received and detected user data carrying signal; and jointly processing said first detected user data and said second detected user data to provide processed user data. increasing an antenna gain of said first directional transceiver unit in said handover area for incrementing a radio performance of said first directional transceiver unit in said handover area; said first directional transceiver unit receiving and detecting a user data carrying signal originating from said mobile unit and generating first detected user data based on said received and detected user data carrying signal; said second directional transceiver unit receiving and detecting said user data carrying signal originating from said mobile unit and generating second detected user data based on said received and detected user data carrying signal; and jointly processing said first detected user data and said second detected user data to provide processed user data.
A method for providing a network service to at least one mobile terminal inside a service area, the at least one mobile terminal being arranged to communicate with a communication network, the service area being a part of a geographical area that is covered by the communication network, the method comprising the steps of: - Defining, as part of a first grid process, a first grid with first grid lines, the first grid covering at least a part of the service area with one or more tiles (111,112,113,114) framed by the first grid lines; - Defining, as part of a further second grid process, a second grid with second grid lines, the second grid covering at least a part of the service area with one or more tiles (121, 122) framed by the second grid lines; - Causing the at least one mobile terminal to monitor a crossing of a grid line; - Causing the at least one mobile terminal to determine whether said grid line is a first grid line or a second grid line; and - Causing the at least one mobile terminal to notify correspondingly the first grid process or the second grid process. - Defining, as part of a first grid process, a first grid with first grid lines, the first grid covering at least a part of the service area with one or more tiles (111,112,113,114) framed by the first grid lines; - Defining, as part of a further second grid process, a second grid with second grid lines, the second grid covering at least a part of the service area with one or more tiles (121, 122) framed by the second grid lines; - Causing the at least one mobile terminal to monitor a crossing of a grid line; - Causing the at least one mobile terminal to determine whether said grid line is a first grid line or a second grid line; and - Causing the at least one mobile terminal to notify correspondingly the first grid process or the second grid process.