Author: claimsbot

1. An electronic dictionary device comprising:
a display module including a first and a second display screen;
a dictionary storage module which stores dictionary data that causes a plurality of entry words including compound words obtained by connecting a plurality of words to correspond to explanatory information on the entry words; and
a processor which implements processes comprising:
a common word list display process of retrieving entry words for compound words from the entry words in the dictionary data stored in the dictionary storage module, listing words common to the retrieved compound words, and displaying the listed words on the first display screen;
a compound word list display process of reading, from the dictionary data, entry words for compound words connecting with a word specified by a user operation in a list displayed by the common word list display process, and displaying the entry words for the compound words connecting with the word specified by the user operation in list form on the second display screen; and
an explanatory information display process of reading a corresponding piece of explanatory information from the dictionary data when a compound word has been specified according to a user operation in a compound word list displayed by the compound word list display process, and displaying the corresponding piece of explanatory information on the second display screen.
2. The electronic dictionary device of claim 1, wherein the first display screen and the second display screen comprise separate display devices.
3. The electronic dictionary device of claim 2, further comprising a character input module which inputs a search character;
wherein the processor further implements an entry word list display process of creating an entry word list based on the dictionary data when the character input module has input a search character and displaying the entry word list on the second display screen, and
wherein the common word list display process displays a list of common words on the first display screen when the entry word list display process displays an entry word list on the second display screen.
4. The electronic dictionary device of claim 3, wherein the processor, in the common word list display process:
specifies, one by one, entry words in the entry word list displayed by the entry word list display process, starting with a first word, and determines whether the specified entry word prefix-matches a next entry word; and
regards the specified word as a common word when the processor has determined that the specified entry word prefix-matches the next entry word, and enters the specified word.
5. The electronic dictionary device of claim 4, wherein the dictionary data comprises German-language dictionary data that stores entry words for German, and the common word is a prescriptive word of a compound word.
6. The electronic dictionary device of claim 5, wherein the electronic dictionary device is configured such that a first case associated with the first display screen and a keyboard and a second case associated with the second display screen are coupled with each other so as to be openable and closable.
7. A dictionary data display method of an electronic dictionary device which includes (i) a display module including a first and a second display screen, (ii) a dictionary storage module that stores dictionary data that causes a plurality of entry words including compound words obtained by connecting a plurality of words to correspond to explanatory information on the entry words, and (iii) a processor, the dictionary data display method being implemented by the processor, and the method comprising:
retrieving entry words for compound words from the entry words in the dictionary data stored in the dictionary storage module, listing words common to the retrieved compound words, and displaying the listed words on the first display screen;
reading, from the dictionary data, entry words for compound words connecting with a word specified by a user operation in a list displayed on the first display screen and displaying the entry words for the compound words connecting with the word specified by the user operation in list form on the second display screen; and
reading a corresponding piece of explanatory information from the dictionary data when a compound word has been specified according to a user operation in a compound word list displayed on the second display screen and displaying the corresponding piece of explanatory information on the second display screen.
8. The dictionary data display method of claim 7, wherein the first display screen and the second display screen comprise separate display devices.
9. The dictionary data display method of claim 8, further comprising:
accepting an input of a search character; and
creating an entry word list based on the dictionary data when a search character has been input and displaying the entry word list on the second display screen,
wherein the common word list display causes a list of common words to be displayed on the first display screen when the entry word list display has caused an entry word list to be displayed on the second display screen.
10. The dictionary data display method of claim 9, wherein the common word list display includes:
specifying, one by one, entry words in the entry word list displayed in the entry word list display, starting with a first word, and determining whether the specified entry word prefix-matches a next entry word, and
regarding the specified word as a common word when it has been determined that the specified entry word prefix-matches the next entry word, and entering the specified word.
11. The dictionary data display method of claim 10, wherein the dictionary data comprises German-language dictionary data that stores entry words for German, and the common word is a prescriptive word of a compound word.
12. A non-transitory recording medium having a program stored thereon that is executable by a processor of an electronic dictionary device to perform processing, the electronic dictionary device further comprising a display module including a first and a second display screen and a dictionary storage module that stores dictionary data that causes a plurality of entry words including compound words obtained by connecting a plurality of words to correspond to explanatory information on the entry words, and the program being executable to control the processor to:
retrieve entry words for compound words from the entry words in the dictionary data stored in the dictionary storage module, list words common to the retrieved compound words, and display the listed words on the first display screen;
read, from the dictionary data, entry words for compound words connecting with a word specified by a user operation in a list displayed on the first display screen and display the entry words for the compound words connecting with the word specified by the user operation in list form on the second display screen; and
read a corresponding piece of explanatory information from the dictionary data when a compound word has been specified according to a user operation in a compound word list displayed on the second display screen and display the corresponding piece of explanatory information on the second display screen.
13. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 12, wherein the first display screen and the second display screen comprise separate display devices.
14. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 13, wherein the program is executable to further control the computer to:
accept an input of a search character; and
create an entry word list based on the dictionary data when a search character has been input and display the entry word list on the second display screen, and
wherein the common word list display process causes a list of common words to be displayed on the first display screen when the entry word list display process has caused an entry word list to be displayed on the second display screen.
15. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 14, wherein the common word list display process includes:
specifying, one by one, entry words in the entry word list displayed in the entry word list display process, starting with a first word, and determining whether the specified entry word prefix-matches a next entry word, and
regarding the specified word as a common word when it has been determined that the specified entry word prefix-matches the next entry word, and entering the specified word.
16. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 15, wherein the dictionary data comprises German-language dictionary data that stores entry words for German, and the common word is a prescriptive word of a compound word.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An electrochemical sensor strip for detecting an analyte, comprising:
a base;
a first electrode on the base having at least one first layer on a first conductor, the first layer including a reagent layer comprising
at most 8 \u03bcgmm2 of a mediator, and
an enzyme system at a deposition density of at most 0.8 \u03bcgmm2;

a second electrode on the base;
a lid on the base; and
where the strip provides a determined concentration value having at least one of a stability bias of less than \xb110% after storage at 50\xb0 C. for 2 weeks when compared to a comparison strip stored at \u221220\xb0 C. for 2 weeks, a hematocrit bias of less than \xb110% for whole blood samples including from 20 to 60% hematocrit, and an intercept to slope ratio of at most 20 mgdL.
2. The strip of claim 1, where the second electrode also comprises the at least one first layer on a second conductor.
3. The strip of claim 1, where the average initial thickness of the reagent layer is less than 8 \u03bcm.
4. The strip of claim 1, where the reagent layer is formed at a deposition density of at most 0.2 \u03bcLmm2 from a reagent solution.
5. The strip of claim 1, where the reagent layer comprises a partially water soluble polymeric binder that forms a gel-like material on hydration.
6. The strip of claim 1, where the reagent layer comprises at most 1.3 Units of an enzyme system.
7. The strip of claim 1, where the reagent layer comprises at most 2 \u03bcgmm2 of the mediator.
8. The strip of claim 1, where the stability bias is less than \xb15% after storage at 50\xb0 C. for 2 weeks when compared to the comparison strip stored at \u221220\xb0 C. for 2 weeks.
9. The strip of claim 1, where the stability bias is less than \xb15% after storage at 50\xb0 C. for 4 weeks when compared to the comparison strip stored at \u221220\xb0 C. for 4 weeks.
10. The strip of claim 1, where the hematocrit bias is less than \xb15% for the whole blood samples including from 20 to 60% hematocrit.
11. The strip of claim 1, where the intercept to slope ratio is at most 10 mgdL.
12. The strip of claim 1, where the intercept to slope ratio is at most 1 mgdL.
13. The strip of claim 1, where the first and second electrodes are in substantially the same plane.
14. The strip of claim 1, where the electrodes are separated by greater than 200 \u03bcm.
15. The strip of claim 1, where the electrodes are separated from an upper portion of the lid by at least 100 \u03bcm.
16. The strip of claim 1, where the average initial thickness of the reagent layer is from 0.25 to 3 \u03bcm.
17. The strip of claim 1, where the reagent layer comprises a polymeric binder selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene oxide), polyvinyl alcohol, hydroxyethylene cellulose, carboxy methyl cellulose, and combinations thereof.
18. The strip of claim 17, where the deposition density of the polymeric binder is at most 2 \u03bcgmm2 on the first conductor.
19. The strip of claim 1, where the second electrode further comprises a second layer on the second conductor.
20. The strip of claim 19, where the second layer comprises a reagent layer different in composition from the reagent layer of the first layer.
21. The strip of claim 1, where the mediator is a two electron transfer mediator.
22. The strip of claim 21, where the mediator has a redox potential at least 100 mV lower than ferricyanide.
23. The strip of claim 21, where the mediator is selected from the group consisting of 3 phenylimino-3H-phenothiazines, 3 phenylimino-3H phenoxazines, salts thereof, acids thereof, derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof.

1. A process for producing a silica aerogel, the process comprising:
solidifying a gel produced through hydrolysis that is carried out by adding a silicon compound whose molecules have a hydrolysable functional group and a hydrophobic functional group, to a solution containing a surfactant that has been dissolved in an acidic aqueous solution; and
then drying the gel supercritically.
2. A process for producing a silica aerogel, the process comprising:
solidifying a gel produced through hydrolysis that is carried out by adding a silicon compound whose molecules have a hydrolysable functional group and a hydrophobic functional group, to a solution containing a surfactant and a pyrolytic compound that have been dissolved in an acidic aqueous solution;
modifying a microstructure of the gel by pyrolyzing the pyrolytic compound that has been dissolved in the solution; and
then drying the gel supercritically.
3. The process for producing a silica aerogel according to claim 1, wherein the silicon compound whose molecules have the hydrolysable functional group and the hydrophobic functional group is methyltrimethoxysilane.
4. The process for producing a silica aerogel according to claim 1, wherein the surfactant is one selected from the group consisting of a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, and an anionic surfactant, or a mixture of at least two of them.
5. The process for producing a silica aerogel according to claim 4, wherein the surfactant comprises the nonionic surfactant that comprises a hydrophilic moiety such as polyoxyethylene and a hydrophobic moiety that consists mainly of an alkyl group.
6. The process for producing a silica aerogel according to claim 5, wherein the surfactant comprises the nonionic surfactant that is polyoxyethylene nonylphenyl ether or polyoxyethylene octylphenyl ether.
7. The process for producing a silica aerogel according to claim 4, wherein the surfactant comprises the cationic surfactant that is cetyltrimethylammonium bromide or cetyltrimethylammonium chloride.
8. The process for producing a silica aerogel according to claim 4, wherein the surfactant comprises the anionic surfactant that is sodium dodecyl sulfonate.
9. A silica aerogel comprising through-holes being contiguous to each other in a form of a three-dimensional network, and skeletons contiguous to each other in a form of a three-dimensional network;
wherein the silica aerogel has a porosity of 70% or more, and the skeletons are formed of a silicon compound including a hydrophobic functional group.
10. The silica aerogel according to claim 9, wherein a center pore diameter of the through-holes is 100 nm or smaller.
11. The silica aerogel according to claim 9, wherein a center pore diameter of the through-holes is 30 nm to 60 nm.
12. The silica aerogel according to claim 9, wherein a center pore diameter of the through-holes is 36 nm to 61 nm.
13. The silica aerogel according to claim 9, wherein the porosity is 84% to 90%.
14. The silica aerogel according to claim 9, wherein the silica aerogel has a maximum point stress of 8.14 MPa to 9.45 MPa.
15. The silica aerogel according to claim 9, wherein the silica aerogel has a transmittance of 48.7% to 87.5% with respect to a wavelength 550 nm when having a thickness of 10 mm.
16. The silica aerogel according to claim 9, wherein the hydrophobic functional group is an alkyl group.
17. A silica aerogel comprising through-holes being contiguous to each other in a form of a three-dimensional network, and skeletons being contiguous to each other in a form of a three-dimensional network;
wherein the silica aerogel has a maximum point stress of 8.14 MPa to 9.45 MPa, and, the skeletons include a hydrophobic functional group.
18. The silica aerogel according to claim 17, wherein the silica aerogel has a transmittance of 48.7% to 87.5% with respect to a wavelength 550 nm when having a thickness of 10 mm.
19. The silica aerogel according to claim 17, wherein the hydrophobic functional group is an alkyl group.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A memory device, comprising:
a plurality of dedicated data blocks for storing only user data; and
a plurality of dedicated overhead blocks for storing only overhead data;
wherein each dedicated overhead block comprises one or more pages, each page comprising a plurality of overhead segments; and
wherein each overhead segment comprises a physical block address register that cross references overhead data to user data.
2. A memory device, comprising:
a plurality of dedicated data blocks for storing only user data; and
a plurality of dedicated overhead blocks for storing only overhead data;
wherein a dedicated overhead block comprises a first and second overhead data fields; and
wherein overhead segments within the second overhead data field are not pre-assigned to specific virtual logical block addresses.
3. A memory device, comprising:
a plurality of dedicated data blocks for storing only user data; and
a plurality of dedicated overhead blocks for storing only overhead data;
wherein a dedicated overhead block comprises a first and second overhead data fields; and
wherein the memory device is configured to store overhead data supporting a specific virtual logical block address only once within the first overhead field and to store overhead data supporting a specific virtual logical block address multiple times within the second overhead field.
4. A memory device, comprising:
a plurality of dedicated data blocks for storing only user data; and
a plurality of dedicated overhead blocks for storing only overhead data;
wherein a dedicated overhead block comprises a first and second overhead data fields;
wherein the first overhead field and the second overhead field each comprise one or more pages of overhead segments; and
wherein the memory device is configured to store a status of overhead segments within the first overhead field in an extension field at the end of each page.
5. A memory device, comprising:
a plurality of dedicated data blocks for storing only user data; and
a plurality of dedicated overhead blocks for storing only overhead data;
wherein a dedicated overhead block comprises a first and second overhead data fields;
wherein the first overhead field and the second overhead field each comprise one or more pages of overhead segments; and
wherein a first segment of each page of a second overhead data field is a status segment that comprises an update map.
6. The memory device of claim 5, wherein the update map is configured to locate all current overhead segments, regardless of whether in the first overhead field or the second overhead field, where a current overhead segment is an overhead segment that is used, non-defective, and not obsolete.
7. The memory device of claim 5, wherein an update map comprises a number of registers equal in number to a number of overhead segments in the first overhead field.
8. A memory device, comprising:
a plurality of dedicated data blocks for storing only user data; and
a plurality of dedicated overhead blocks for storing only overhead data;
wherein each of the plurality of dedicated overhead blocks comprises a first overhead field and a second overhead field, the first and second overhead fields comprising a plurality of consecutively addressable overhead pages;
wherein consecutively addressable segments of the consecutively addressable overhead pages within the first overhead field of a dedicated overhead block are respectively correlated to sequentially addressed virtual logical block addresses; and
wherein overhead segments within the second overhead data field are not pre-assigned to specific virtual logical block addresses.
9. The memory device of claim 8, wherein consecutively addressable segments of the consecutively addressable overhead pages within an overhead page of the second overhead field comprise a status segment and a plurality of overhead segments, the status segment defined according to a lowest segment address among a plurality of segments within the overhead page of the second overhead field.
10. The memory device of claim 9, wherein status segments and the overhead segments comprise flags.
11. A memory device, comprising:
a plurality of dedicated data blocks for only storing user data; and
a plurality of dedicated overhead blocks for only storing overhead data;
wherein each dedicated overhead block comprises a plurality of super overhead fields, a super overhead field comprising a whole number of pages, each super overhead field within a dedicated overhead block comprising an identical number of pages, wherein consecutive overhead segments within a page are respectively assigned to consecutively addressed virtual logical block addresses of a plurality of virtual logical blocks of user data.
12. The memory device of claim 11, wherein each overhead segment comprises a flag field, comprising a move-pending flag and a move-complete flag.
13. The memory device of claim 12, wherein the flag field further comprises a used flag, an obsolete flag, and a defective flag.
14. The memory device of claim 11, wherein each page comprises an extension field for storing a super virtual logical block address that corresponds to the dedicated overhead block.
15. The memory device of claim 14, wherein the memory device is configured to use information stored in the extension field to correlate logical and physical addresses within a space manager of the memory device on power up.
16. The memory device of claim 11, wherein an address specifier of a space manager of the memory device is configured to reference a number of a page currently in use in a dedicated overhead block.
17. A method of operating a memory device, comprising:
receiving user data from a host defined according to a first virtual logical block address;
identifying a first available overhead segment of a plurality of overhead segments within a first dedicated overhead block, the first available overhead segment comprising a lowest addressable available overhead segment within the first dedicated overhead block, an available overhead segment comprising an overhead segment that is unused, non-defective, and not obsolete;
storing the user data in a first dedicated data block of the memory device defined according to a first virtual physical block address; and
storing an address of the first dedicated data block in a physical address register of the first available overhead segment.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising consolidating all current overhead segments within the first dedicated overhead block into consecutive overhead segments within a second dedicated overhead block, a current overhead segment comprising an overhead segment that is used, non-defective, and not obsolete.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein consolidated consecutive overhead segments within the second dedicated overhead block are in the same respective columns as the current overhead segments within the first dedicated overhead block.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein consolidating all current overhead segments within the first dedicated overhead block into consecutive overhead segments within the second dedicated overhead block, comprises:
moving data stored within a first current overhead segment within the first dedicated overhead block into a lowest addressable available overhead segment within the second dedicated overhead block; and
erasing the first dedicated overhead block.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising writing overhead data into a last addressable segment of the first dedicated overhead block before consolidating all current overhead segments within the first dedicated overhead block into consecutive overhead segments within the second dedicated overhead block.
22. The method of claim 20, wherein moving data stored within the first current overhead segment within the first dedicated overhead block into the lowest addressable available overhead segment within the second dedicated overhead block comprises:
examining selected flags within selected overhead segments within the first dedicated overhead block; and
examining selected flags within selected overhead segments within the second dedicated overhead block.
23. The method of claim 17, wherein each of the plurality of overhead segments comprises a flag field, comprising a used flag, an obsolete flag, and a defective flag.
24. The method of claim 23, further comprising setting a used flag within the first available overhead segment to indicate that overhead data has been stored in the first available overhead segment.
25. The method of claim 17, wherein identifying the first available overhead segment comprises examining selected flags within selected overhead segments within the first dedicated overhead block.