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20080313752 | Method for Differentiating Mesenchymal Stem Cells Into Steroid-Producing Cells - To control the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into steroid hormone producing cells. Mesenchymal stem cells can be differentiated into steroid hormone-producing cells by being stimulated by a transcriptional factor (SF-1), preferably by the transcriptional factor (SF-1) and cAMP. The present invention is a method for differentiating mesenchymal stem cells into steroid hormone producing cells, comprising stimulating the mesenchymal stem cells by the transcriptional factor (SF-1). The mesenchymal stem cells may be further stimulated by cAMP. | 12-18-2008 |
20120015837 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING ENDOMETRIAL CANCER - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for diagnosing endometrial cancer by comprehensively analyzing the glycan structures of glycoprotein with the normal endometrium and endometrial cancers (well-differentiated/poorly-differentiated), using the lectin microarray system. The present invention provides a method for diagnosing or determining the state of normal endometrium or endometrial cancer/cancer stages by glycan profiling using a structure of a glycoprotein in a sample as an indicator. | 01-19-2012 |
20140344534 | Information Processing System - A system having an SMP connection made among each information processing apparatus in units of a module including a CPU, a main memory, an HDD and the like, allows use of the HDDs distributed in the system as a single disk. The SMP connection is made among information processing apparatuses each including one or more CPUs, a main memory, one or more storage devices, and a storage device controller that controls the storage device. The storage device controller in a certain information processing apparatus controls the storage device in the information processing apparatus and the storage device in another information processing apparatus. Each information processing apparatus includes a storage device switch for exclusively switching which of the storage device controller in the information processing apparatus and the storage device controller in another information processing apparatus is connected to the storage device in the information processing apparatus. | 11-20-2014 |
20140365629 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - In an information processing system, plural information processing devices are mutually connected by an SMP connection mechanism. Each of the information processing devices includes a control device (FPGA) having a synchronous register that shows the state of a control signal of the information processing device and an internode communication access control unit that transmits first synchronous packets with the content of the synchronous register reflected to the other information processing devices at predetermined time intervals, receives second synchronous packets from the other information processing devices, and reflects the content of the received second synchronous packets on the synchronous register. | 12-11-2014 |
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20080212373 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE WITH A STACKED GATE INCLUDING A FLOATING GATE AND A CONTROL GATE - A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes first and second nonvolatile semiconductor memories. The first memory has first and second select transistors and first memory cell transistors. The first memory cell transistor has a first floating gate on a first gate insulating film and a first control gate on a first inter-gate insulating film. The second memory has a third select transistor and a second memory cell transistor. The second memory cell transistor has a second floating gate on a second gate insulating film and a second control gate on a second inter-gate insulating film. The first and second gate insulating films have the same film thickness. The first and second floating gates have the same film thickness. The first and second inter-gate insulating films have the same film thickness. The first and second control gates have the same film thickness. | 09-04-2008 |
20090042218 | Labeling enzyme - The present invention relates to a labeling enzyme and a method of detecting and/or quantifying a target substance using this labeling enzyme. The present invention provides a labeling enzyme that catalyzes a reaction of gelling a substrate. By measuring changes in physical properties such as the film thickness and/or refractive index of a film produced by the gelling reaction catalyzed by the labeling enzyme of the present invention, it is possible to quickly and highly sensitively detect and/or quantify a target substance while minimizing the effects of coexisting substances. | 02-12-2009 |
20090279357 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF TESTING THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells arranged at intersection positions of word lines and bit lines in a matrix form, and a row decoder including a row sub-decoder to which a lower address for selecting a word line is input, wherein one unit of the row sub-decoder for selecting one word line is constituted of a first transistor of a first conduction type, and a second transistor of a second conduction type, and a gate electrode of each of the first and second transistors is arranged in a direction in which the bit lines are arranged. | 11-12-2009 |
20100008143 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a multi-layer insulating film having at least charge storage layers and formed on bottom surfaces and both side surfaces of a plurality of trench portions respectively formed in portions between the plurality of active areas formed in a first direction, a plurality of gate electrodes filled in internal portions of the plurality of trench portions with the multi-layer insulating film, a plurality of first metal interconnections formed in a second direction and each functioning as a bit line or source line, and a plurality of first conductivity-type diffusion layer regions arranged in a staggered form in corresponding portions of the plurality of active areas which intersect with the plurality of first metal interconnections. The device further includes a plurality of connection contacts form to respectively connect the plurality of first conductivity-type diffusion layer regions to the plurality of first metal interconnections. | 01-14-2010 |
20100109627 | POWER CIRCUIT INCLUDING STEP-UP CIRCUIT AND STABILIZING METHOD THEREOF - A power circuit includes a reference potential circuit, a step-up circuit, and a conversion circuit. The reference potential circuit generates a reference potential. The step-up circuit generates a desired internal potential by stepping up a power supply potential. The step-up circuit includes a comparison circuit, a differential amplifier circuit, and a switch element. The comparison circuit outputs the result of comparison between a potential and the reference potential. The differential amplifier circuit is turned on or off by the operation control signal. The switch element performs on/off control according to the operation control signal and resets the output potential of the differential amplifier circuit. The conversion circuit converts the of the operation control signal so as to make longer the on period of the differential amplifier circuit and the off period of switch element. | 05-06-2010 |
20110205810 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor storage device includes a first well region of a first conductivity type, a second well region of the first conductivity type, a third well region of a second conductivity type, a bit line and a column decoder. A first cell array including a plurality of memory cells is formed in the first well region. A second cell array including a plurality of memory cells is formed in the second well region. The third well region includes the first and second well regions. The bit line is connected to the memory cells included in the first cell array and the memory cells included in the second cell array. The column decoder is connected to the bit line. | 08-25-2011 |
20110249506 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of memory cells which electrically rewrite data by controlling the amount of charges accumulated in a floating gate formed on a well through a tunnel insulating film. The semiconductor storage device includes a well control circuit which outputs an erasure voltage to be applied to the well through an output terminal. The semiconductor storage device includes a first pump circuit which outputs a voltage set by boosting an input voltage to the output terminal. The semiconductor storage device includes a second pump circuit which outputs a voltage set by boosting the input voltage to the output terminal and outputs a voltage higher than an output voltage of the first pump circuit. The semiconductor storage device includes a pump switching detecting circuit which outputs an assist signal to perform a boosting operation on at least one of the first pump circuit and the second pump circuit. The semiconductor storage device includes an erase pulse control circuit which sets target voltages of the first pump circuit and the second pump circuit, on the basis of setting values to set a target voltage of the erasure voltage. | 10-13-2011 |
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20090046057 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An MFP includes a selection receiving unit that receives selection by a user of a desired one of higher setting items displayed on an operation panel, and a display processing unit that displays, when the selection of the higher setting item is received, intermediate setting items corresponding to the selected higher setting item and overview information indicating overviews of lower setting items corresponding to the intermediate setting items, being associated with each other, on the operation panel. | 02-19-2009 |
20090237699 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An MFP includes a receiving unit that receives designation for a plurality of applications having mutually different combinations of an input format for image data and an output format for the image data; and a processing unit that collectively starts execution of the plurality of designated applications. | 09-24-2009 |
20130074008 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus having functions includes an image processing unit that executes the functions; a memory that stores a function table including function identification information identifying the functions, initial values preset for the functions, and registered values set for the functions by a user, in a corresponding manner to each other; a display processing unit that displays a function list screen on which initial value buttons for calling up an initial value function screen accepting an input of an instruction from the user to execute the function using the initial values, and first registered value buttons for calling up a registered value function screen accepting an input of the instruction from the user to execute the function using the registered values are arranged; and an accepting unit accepting a selection of the initial value button or the first registered value button on the function list screen from the user. | 03-21-2013 |
20130113823 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a system managing unit configured to manage an apparatus status of apparatus hardware; an acquiring unit configured to acquire application status information of an application from the application and apparatus status information from the system managing unit; an input unit configured to accept a display request for displaying a status monitor screen indicating an overall system status; a screen generating unit configured to receive the display request and generate the status monitor screen based on the application status information and the apparatus status information acquired by the acquiring unit, the status monitor screen including an application status display and an apparatus status display; and a display unit configured to display the status monitor screen generated by the screen generating unit. | 05-09-2013 |
20130163019 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processor includes a display control part configured to display and control a screen that includes multiple UI components for calling preset copy functions, and a preview image; a reading control part configured to control reading of an original material, and to generate an electronic image of the original material; an image generating part configured to generate a preview image based on one or more of the copy functions called by one of the UI components at a predetermined position inside the screen, using a preset predetermined image before the original material is read or using the electronic image after the original material is read; and a screen generating part configured to generate the screen using the preview image generated by the image generating part, and to output the generated screen to the display control part. | 06-27-2013 |
20150070726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a main body that executes a plurality of functions; and an operation unit including a display unit to display a screen. The system also includes a first display controller that arranges, for each of the functions, a first display component in a home screen corresponding to the screen displayed on the display unit immediately after activation, the first display component being used to instruct an execution command for the each of the functions; and an execution controller that controls, when the first display component is pressed, the main body to perform a function corresponding to the pressed first display component. | 03-12-2015 |
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20150189155 | FOCUS CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A focus control apparatus that achieves a focused state even when a subject is a point light source includes a contrast signal generator that divides a captured image screen into a plurality of areas, extracts a frequency component based on a video signal for each of the divided areas, and generates a first contrast signal based on the frequency component. A controller extracts a luminance intensity based on the video signal for each of the divided areas, determines, for each of the divided areas, a second contrast signal generated by increasing or decreasing the magnitude of the first contrast signal from the divided area based on the magnitude of the luminance intensity, determines a lens position evaluation value that is the sum of the second contrast signals, and performs the focus control based on the lens position evaluation value. | 07-02-2015 |
20150207982 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND FOCUS CONTROL APPARATUS - A change in a subject is quickly sensed and a focusing lens is driven with degradation in durability and out-of-focus states of output video images due to driving of the focusing lens more than necessary avoided. To achieve the object described above, the invention relates to an imaging apparatus that controls a focusing lens based on a contrast signal provided from a video signal and includes a controller that performs first evaluation based on comparison between the value of the contrast signal and the value of a main threshold, performs second evaluation after the first evaluation based on comparison between the value of the contrast signal and a sub-threshold that is greater or smaller than the main threshold and is set to decrease or increase with the lapse of time, and performs focus control on the focusing lens based on a result of the second evaluation. | 07-23-2015 |
20150215518 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND FOCUS CONTROL APPARATUS - A focus control apparatus reduces the degree of out-of-focus of an image of an intense point light source during zooming in contrast-based autofocus control. A zooming lens moves in an optical axis direction to perform magnification change and a focusing lens moves in the optical axis direction to perform focus adjustment and is driven in accordance with a trace curve corresponding to the distance to a subject. A controller evaluates, during the magnification change operation, based on the rate of change in the number of high-luminance pixels at which the number of high-luminance pixels in an output image from the imaging apparatus changes with the zoom magnification, whether or not the focusing lens is driven in accordance with a trace curve corresponding to the distance to the subject before the magnification change operation is performed or a trace curve corresponding to a distance to the subject of infinity. | 07-30-2015 |
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20090129232 | STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a write-once type information storage medium using a recording material which has a low to high characteristic that a light reflectivity in a recording mark increases with respect to a non-recording area and which has a recording characteristic in accordance with a principle of recording without substrate deformation, wherein the recording material includes at least an organic metal complex, and wherein the organic metal complex includes a center metal. | 05-21-2009 |
20120063290 | Write-once type information storage medium (disk structure of recording type information storage medium having structure in which recording layer formed on transparent susbstrate is defined as inside), and information reproducing method or information recording method as well as storage medium manufacturing - An embodiment of the invention, to provide a recording method and a storage medium for BCA data with high reliability for a storage medium and a method for reproducing BCA data from the storage medium, and an information recording apparatus and an information reproducing apparatus. In a conventional optical disk, low reliability data is recorded in a data area of BCA. Thus, the thickness of a film material for use in a recording layer oriented to BCA data or close to the inner periphery of the storage medium in the vicinity thereof is formed in uniform thickness by using a substrate of the storage medium, the substrate being formed by being suctioned by means of adsorbing mechanisms formed in an arc shape so as to integrated two of the adsorbing mechanisms to be adjacent to each other. | 03-15-2012 |
20140293767 | WRITE-ONCE TYPE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM (DISK STRUCTURE OF RECORDING TYPE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STRUCTURE IN WHICH RECORDING LAYER FORMED ON TRANSPARENT SUSBSTRATE IS DEFINED AS INSIDE), AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD OR INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AS WELL AS STORAGE MEDIUM MANUFACTURING - An embodiment of the invention, to provide a recording method and a storage medium for BCA data with high reliability for a storage medium and a method for reproducing BCA data from the storage medium, and an information recording apparatus and an information reproducing apparatus. In a conventional optical disk, low reliability data is recorded in a data area of BCA. Thus, the thickness of a film material for use in a recording layer oriented to BCA data or close to the inner periphery of the storage medium in the vicinity thereof is formed in uniform thickness by using a substrate of the storage medium, the substrate being formed by being suctioned by means of adsorbing mechanisms formed in an arc shape so as to integrated two of the adsorbing mechanisms to be adjacent to each other. | 10-02-2014 |
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20140330066 | SYSTEM FOR IRRADIATING CHARGED PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR IRRADIATING CHARGED PARTICLES - A charged particle irradiation system is capable of shortening the irradiation time and the treatment time by performing efficient irradiation even when irregular variation occurs in the irradiation object during the gating irradiation. The extraction of the beam is stopped upon reception of a regular extraction permission end signal which is outputted based on a regular movement signal. An extractable state maintaining function operates upon the reception of the extraction permission end signal. When a preset standby time elapses without receiving an extraction permission start signal again during the standby time, the extractable state maintaining function finishes its operation and a charged particle beam generator decelerates the beam. Also, the extraction of the beam is stopped due to reception of an irregular extraction permission end signal during the irradiation. When the extraction permission start signal is received again during the standby time, the extraction of the beam is restarted. | 11-06-2014 |
20150115179 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM - First ions and second ions that are heavier than first ions are generated in an ion source. One kind of ions of the first ions and second ions is injected into an accelerator by action of a switching magnet and accelerated in the accelerator. An ion beam including the one kind of ions is extracted from the accelerator to a beam transport system and a tumor volume of a patient is irradiated with the ion beam from an irradiation nozzle. In the irradiation of the ion beam, a tumor volume depth and the largest underwater range of each ion species are compared, and an ion species in which the tumor volume depth becomes the longest underwater range or lower is injected into the accelerator, and accelerated by the accelerator. The tumor volume is irradiated with the ion species. | 04-30-2015 |
20150290475 | SYSTEM FOR IRRADIATING CHARGED PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR IRRADIATING CHARGED PARTICLES - A charged particle irradiation system is capable of shortening the irradiation time and the treatment time by performing efficient irradiation even when irregular variation occurs in the irradiation object during the gating irradiation. The extraction of the beam is stopped upon reception of a regular extraction permission end signal which is outputted based on a regular movement signal. An extractable state maintaining function operates upon the reception of the extraction permission end signal. When a preset standby time elapses without receiving an extraction permission start signal again during the standby time, the extractable state maintaining function finishes its operation and a charged particle beam generator decelerates the beam. Also, the extraction of the beam is stopped due to reception of an irregular extraction permission end signal during the irradiation. When the extraction permission start signal is received again during the standby time, the extraction of the beam is restarted. | 10-15-2015 |
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20110230603 | INK COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a pigment ink composition that can fulfill excellent print stability, and performances and drying performance of printed matters. | 09-22-2011 |
20120082853 | URETHANE RESIN, ACTINIC ENERGY RAY CURABLE ADHESIVE, AND BACK PROTECTIVE SHEET FOR SOLAR CELL - An actinic energy ray curable adhesive contains a urethane resin (D) and a epoxy resin (E). The urethane resin (D) is prepared by reacting a diol ingredient (A1) having no (meth)acryloyl group, an optional diol ingredient (A2) having no (meth)acryloyl group, no carbonate structure and no alicyclic structure, a polyol ingredient (B) having a (meth)acryloyl group and two or more hydroxyl groups in a molecule, and a polyisocyanate ingredient (C) together. The ingredient (A1) is selected from a diol (a1) having a carbonate structure and an alicyclic structure in a molecule, a combination of a diol (a2) having no alicyclic structure but having a carbonate structure, and a diol (a3) having no carbonate structure but having an alicyclic structure, and a combination of a diol (a1) and at least one of the diol (a2) and the diol (a3). | 04-05-2012 |
20130098441 | EASY-ADHESIVE FOR SOLAR CELL REAR SURFACE PROTECTION SHEET, SOLAR CELL REAR SURFACE PROTECTION SHEET, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - To overcome a problem in related art and to provide an easy-adhesive having an excellent adhesive property and an excellent adhesive durability for a solar cell rear surface protection sheet, a solar cell rear surface protection sheet, and a solar cell module formed by using the solar cell rear surface protection sheet. An easy-adhesive for a solar cell rear surface protection sheet according to the present invention exhibits a specific glass transition temperature, a specific number average molecular weight, and a specific hydroxyl value Further, the easy-adhesive for a solar cell rear surface protection sheet contains a (meth)acrylic-based copolymer (A) having no (meth)acryloyl group (A), a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group, and a polyisocyanate compound (C) at a specific rate. | 04-25-2013 |
20130104978 | EASY-ADHESIVE FOR SOLAR CELL REAR SURFACE PROTECTION SHEET, SOLAR CELL REAR SURFACE PROTECTION SHEET, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE | 05-02-2013 |
20150353749 | INK COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a pigment ink composition that can fulfill excellent print stability, and performances and drying performance of printed matters. | 12-10-2015 |