All The Claims

1. A pharmaceutical composition for administration to the lungs, comprising a carrier and an amount of an active agent effective for treatment of bronchoconstriction, lung inflammation, lung allergy, or asthma wherein the active agent comprises a compound of formula (I), or pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof;
wherein the broken line represents a single or double bond; R is hydrogen; and R1 is SO2OM, wherein M is H or Na;
wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises a liquid formulated for administration as an aerosol.
2. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the composition is prepared by combining the active agent with sterile, substantially pyrogen-free water.
3. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 wherein the composition is formulated for delivery with a nebulizer.
4. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 3, wherein the composition is formulated for delivery with a nebulizer by acceleration of a compressed gas, passage through a narrow venturi orifice, or by ultrasonic agitation.
5. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 4, wherein the composition is formulated for delivery with a nebulizer by acceleration by ultrasonic agitation.
6. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1, wherein the active ingredient comprises up to 40% ww of the composition.
7. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1, wherein the active ingredient comprises less than 20% ww of the composition.
8. A pharmaceutical composition, comprising a carrier and an amount of an active agent effective for treatment of bronchoconstriction, lung inflammation, lung allergy, or asthma comprising dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) or pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof;
wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises a liquid formulated for administration as an aerosol for delivery by a nebulizer wherein the composition comprises water, a preservative, a flavoring agent, and a surfactant.
9. A kit comprising the formulation of claims 1 or 8 and a delivery device.
10. The kit of claim 9 wherein the delivery device comprises a nebulizer.
11. The kit of claim 9 wherein the delivery device comprises an ultrasonic nebulizer.

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

What is claimed is:

1. An inspection method for a direct liquid fuel cell generator having a plurality of cells, each comprising an anode electrode including an anode catalysis layer, a cathode electrode including a cathode catalyst layer, and an electrolyte disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, for power generation by supplying a liquid fuel to the anode electrode and an oxidant gas to the cathode electrode, wherein
validity of the fuel cell is decided based on an observation result of time dependent changes of the voltage V of one cell which is caused by generating a current density change I or I (I in mAcm2 unit represents a positive value) satisfying the condition of 0.2I10 in a current density I (mAcm2), which is taken out from an arbitrary number of cells connected in series constituting the direct liquid fuel cell generator under power generation, during a time interval t (sec) satisfying the condition of 105t0.5.
2. The inspection method for a direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 1, wherein the current density I (mAcm2), which is taken out from an arbitrary number of cells connected in series constituting the direct liquid fuel cell generator under power generation, is changed in the range of 0.2I5 during the time interval t (sec) satisfying the condition of 105t0.5.
3. The inspection method for a direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 1, wherein the current density I (mAcm2), which is taken out from an arbitrary number of cells connected in series constituting the direct liquid fuel cell generator under power generation, is changed in the range of 0.2I2 during the time interval t (sec) satisfying the condition of 105t0.5.
4. The inspection method for a direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 1, wherein the liquid fuel is an aqueous solution of at least one of organic compounds selected from ethanol, diethylether, dimethoxyethane, formaldehyde, formic acid, methyl formate, methyl othoformate, trioxane, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 3-propanol, ethyleneglycol, glyoxal and glycerin.
5. The inspection method for a direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 4, wherein the liquid fuel is an aqueous methanol solution.
6. The inspection method for a direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 1, wherein the fuel cell is inspected based on an inspection criterion that the lapse of time of a change I in the current density I from an initiation time to a time when the voltage V becomes minimum, or the lapse of time of a change I in the current density I from an initiation time to a time when the voltage V becomes maximum, is within a previously determined time interval.
7. An inspection apparatus for a direct liquid fuel cell generator having a plurality of cells, each comprising an anode electrode including an anode catalyst layer, a cathode electrode including a cathode catalyst layer, and an electrolyte disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, for power generation by supplying a liquid fuel to the anode electrode and an oxidant gas to the cathode electrode, the apparatus comprising:
a load connected to an output from the direct liquid fuel cell generator to consume output power thereof;
means connected to the output from the direct liquid fuel cell generator, for changing an output current density by controlling the load;
means for measuring an output voltage from the direct liquid fuel cell generator; and
a decision device connected to the current density control means and voltage detection means, for discriminating the condition of the fuel cell generator from the initiation time of the current density change, and from the measured results of the change of the output voltage.
8. The inspection apparatus for a direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 7, wherein the load connected to the direct liquid fuel cell generator comprises at least two loads, i.e., an external load for stationary consumption of the output electric power from the direct liquid fuel cell generator, and an inspection load for generating a current density change.
9. The inspection apparatus for the direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 7, wherein the liquid fuel is an aqueous solution of at least one of organic compounds selected from ethanol, diethylether, dimethoxyethane, formaldehyde, formic acid, methyl formate, methyl othoformate, trioxane, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 3-propanol, ethyleneglycol, glyoxal and glycerin.
10. The inspection apparatus for the direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 9, wherein the liquid fuel is an aqueous methanol solution.
11. A direct liquid fuel cell generator having a plurality of cells, each comprising an anode electrode including an anode catalysis layer, a cathode electrode including a cathode catalyst layer, and an electrolyte disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, for power generation by supplying a liquid fuel to the anode electrode and an oxidant gas to the cathode electrode, the liquid fuel cell generator comprising:
a load connected to an output from the direct liquid fuel cell generator to consume output power thereof;
means connected to the output from the direct liquid fuel cell generator, for changing an output current density by controlling the load;
means for measuring an output voltage from the direct liquid fuel cell generator; and
a decision device connected to the current density control means and voltage detection means, for discriminating the condition of the fuel cell generator from the initiation time of the current density change, and from the measured results of the change of the output voltage.
12. The direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 11, wherein the load connected to the direct liquid fuel cell generator comprises at least two loads, i.e., an external load for stationary consumption of the output electric power from the direct liquid fuel cell generator, and an inspection load for generating a current density change.
13. The direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 10, wherein the liquid fuel is an aqueous solution of at least one of organic compounds selected from ethanol, diethylether, dimethoxyethane, formaldehyde, formic acid, methyl formate, methyl othoformate, trioxane, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 3-propanol, ethyleneglycol, glyoxal and glycerin.
14. The direct liquid fuel cell generator according to claim 13, wherein the liquid fuel is an aqueous methanol solution.

1. A permanent-magnet synchronous machine, comprising:
a rotor; and
a stator having no more than six slots, with each of neighboring ones of the slots defining a tooth, and
a winding system having no more than three tooth-wound coils, each of the tooth-wound coils associated with a different winding phase and encompassing a single tooth, with a tooth having a tooth-wound coil alternating with a tooth without a tooth-wound coil in a circumferential direction of the stator;
a slot closure element constructed in the form of a slit tube having, said slit tube having circumferentially contiguous annular end sections connected by axially extending lands configured for axial insertion into the slots, wherein the lands of the slot closure element have a wall thickness dimensioned so as not to protrude into an air gap formed between the stator teeth and the rotor, and wherein an annular end section has recesses formed externally along an external periphery of the end section commensurate with peripheral arrangement of the stator teeth and a radial depth dimensioned for passage of the end section over the stator teeth,
wherein
a useful rotor pole pair number is four or five, and
the rotor comprises permanent magnets distributed uniformly over a circumference of the rotor, with a number of the permanent magnets being equal to twice the useful pole pair number.
2. The permanent-magnet synchronous machine of claim 1, wherein the wound teeth has a tooth width which is dimensioned in accordance with
0.75\xb7bM<bZ<1.25\xb7bM,
wherein
bZ denotes the tooth width of the wound teeth, and
bM denotes a magnet width of the permanent magnets.
3. The permanent-magnet synchronous machine of claim 1, wherein the tooth-wound coils are in the form of prefabricated form-wound coils.
4. The permanent-magnet synchronous machine of claim 1, wherein each of the tooth-wound coils includes a winding comprised of a plurality of turns, wherein the respective windings are designed such that adjacent turns are at slightly differing electrical potentials from one another during operation.
5. The permanent-magnet synchronous machine of claim 1, wherein each of the slots has a side which faces the rotor and is open.
6. The permanent-magnet synchronous machine of claim 1, wherein each of the slots has two side walls, which extend away from the rotor and are arranged parallel to one another.
7. The permanent-magnet synchronous machine of claim 1, wherein the slot closure element is made of electrically insulating material.
8. The permanent-magnet synchronous machine of claim 1, wherein the slot closure element is made of nonmagnetic material.
9. The permanent-magnet synchronous machine of claim 1, wherein the permanent magnets are provided on the rotor at a pole coverage of 80% of a pole pitch.
10. The permanent-magnet synchronous machine of claim 1, wherein the stator has a cylindrical boundary area which faces the rotor and has a circumference, wherein each of the slots has a slot opening width which is equal to the circumference divided by three times the useful pole pair number.

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

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
text information receiving portion configured to receive text information;
received text morphological analysis portion configured to perform morphological analysis on the text information;
extraction portion configured to extract text information of a subtitle included in a program;
subtitle text morphological analysis portion configured to perform morphological analysis on the text information of the subtitle;
similarity calculation portion configured to calculate the similarity between a keyword included in a result of the received text morphological analysis performed by the received text morphological analysis portion and a keyword included in a result of the subtitle text morphological analysis performed by the subtitle text morphological analysis portion;
comparison portion configured to compare the similarity with a predetermined threshold value;
recording portion configured to record the program at a time at which the comparison portion determines, as a result of the comparison, that the subtitle text of the program currently includes a keyword having similarity higher than the predetermined threshold value;
received text morphological analysis weighting portion configured to assign a weight to each keyword included in a result of the received text morphological analysis depending on (i) a number of occurrences of each keyword and (ii) whether each keyword is a noun or a word other than a noun, such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword with a small number of occurrences, and such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis which is a noun will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword which is a word other than a noun, and such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences and which is a noun will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword with a small number of occurrences and which is a word other than a noun;
subtitle text morphological analysis weighting portion configured to assign a weight to each keyword included in a result of the subtitle text morphological analysis depending on (i) a number of occurrences of each keyword and (ii) whether each keyword is a noun or a word other than a noun, such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword with a small number of occurrences, and such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis which is a noun will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword which is a word other than a noun, and such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences and which is a noun will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword with a small number of occurrences and which is a word other than a noun;
wherein the similarity calculation portion calculates the similarity between the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis by using the weight assigned to each keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and the weight assigned to each keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis;
received text keyword managing portion configured to register, in a received text keyword table, the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and its assigned weight; and
subtitle text keyword managing portion configured to register, in a subtitle text keyword table, the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis and its assigned weight;
wherein the similarity calculation portion calculates the similarity between the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis by calculating a cosine of an angle between a vector of the received text keyword table and a vector of the subtitle text keyword table.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the text information receiving portion receives the text information via an electronic mail; and wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises registration portion configured to register, in a further table, the program recorded by the recording portion and information indicating the similarity in association with the electronic mail, when the recording portion records the program at a time at which the comparison portion determines, as a result of the comparison, that the subtitle text of the program currently includes a keyword having similarity higher than the predetermined threshold value.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising display portion configured to display information associated with one or more programs registered in the further table, in the order of decreasing similarity.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:
selection portion configured to select information associated with a program registered in the further table from one or more pieces of information displayed by the display portion, and
playback portion configured to play back the program selected by the selection portion.
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
further similarity calculation portion configured to calculate the similarity between the keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table and a keyword included in a result of received text morphological analysis performed on newly received text; and
wherein the received text keyword managing portion, based on the calculated similarity, updates the subtitle text keyword table such that a keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table having a higher similarity is located at a higher-order position and a keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table having a lower similarity is located at a lower-order position.
6. An information processing method, comprising:
receiving text information;
performing morphological analysis on the text information;
extracting text information of a subtitle included in a program,
performing morphological analysis on the text information of the subtitle;
calculating the similarity between a keyword included in a result of the received text morphological analysis performed in the received text morphological analysis step and a keyword included in a result of the subtitle text morphological analysis performed in the subtitle text morphological analysis step;
comparing the similarity with a predetermined threshold value;
recording the program at a time at which the comparison step determines, as a result of the comparison, that the subtitle text of the program currently includes a keyword having similarity higher than the predetermined threshold value;
assigning a weight to each keyword included in a result of the text morphological analysis depending on (i) a number of occurrences of each keyword and (ii) whether each keyword is a noun or a word other than a noun, such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword with a small number of occurrences, and such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis which is a noun will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword which is a word other than a noun, and such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences and which is a noun will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword with a small number of occurrences and which is a word other than a noun;
assigning a weight to each keyword included in a result of the subtitle text morphological analysis depending on (i) a number of occurrences of each keyword and (ii) whether each keyword is a noun or a word other than a noun, such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword with a small number of occurrences, and such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis which is a noun will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword which is a word other than a noun, and such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences and which is a noun will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword with a small number of occurrences and which is a word other than a noun;
wherein the similarity calculating calculates the similarity between the keyword included in the result of the text morphological analysis and the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis by using the weight assigned to each keyword included in the result of the text morphological analysis and the weight assigned to each keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis;
registering, in a received text keyword table, the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and its assigned weight; and
registering, in a subtitle text keyword table, the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis and its assigned weight;
wherein the similarity calculation calculates the similarity between the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis by calculating a cosine of an angle between a vector of the received text keyword table and a vector of the subtitle text keyword table.
7. The information processing method according to claim 6, further comprising:
calculating the similarity between the keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table and a keyword included in a result of received text morphological analysis performed on newly received text; and
updating, based on the calculated similarity, the subtitle text keyword table such that a keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table having a higher similarity is located at a higher-order position and a keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table having a lower similarity is located at a lower-order position.
8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program executable by a computer to perform a process comprising:
receiving text information;
performing morphological analysis on the text information;
extracting text information of a subtitle included in a program;
performing morphological analysis on the text information of the subtitle;
calculating the similarity between a keyword included in a result of the received text morphological analysis performed in the received text morphological analysis step and a keyword included in a result of the subtitle text morphological analysis performed in the subtitle text morphological analysis step;
comparing the similarity with a predetermined threshold value;
recording the program at a time at which the comparison step determines, as a result of the comparison, that the subtitle text of the program currently includes a keyword having similarity higher than the predetermined threshold value;
assigning a weight to each keyword included in a result of the text morphological analysis depending on (i) a number of occurrences of each keyword and (ii) whether each keyword is a noun or a word other than a noun, such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword with a small number of occurrences, and such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis which is a noun will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword which is a word other than a noun, and such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences and which is a noun will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword with a small number of occurrences and which is a word other than a noun;
assigning a weight to each keyword included in a result of the subtitle text morphological analysis depending on (i) a number of occurrences of each keyword and (ii) whether each keyword is a noun or a word other than a noun, such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword with a small number of occurrences, and such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis which is a noun will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword which is a word other than a noun, and such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences and which is a noun will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword with a small number of occurrences and which is a word other than a noun;
wherein the similarity calculating calculates the similarity between the keyword included in the result of the text morphological analysis and the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis by using the weight assigned to each keyword included in the result of the text morphological analysis and the weight assigned to each keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis;
registering, in a received text keyword table, the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and its assigned weight; and
registering, in a subtitle text keyword table, the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis and its assigned weight;
wherein the similarity calculation calculates the similarity between the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis by calculating a cosine of an angle between a vector of the received text keyword table and a vector of the subtitle text keyword table.
9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the process further comprises:
calculating the similarity between the keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table and a keyword included in a result of received text morphological analysis performed on newly received text; and
updating, based on the calculated similarity, the subtitle text keyword table such that a keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table having a higher similarity is located at a higher-order position and a keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table having a lower similarity is located at a lower-order position.
10. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a text information receiving unit adapted to receive text information;
a received text morphological analysis unit adapted to perform morphological analysis on the text information;
an extraction unit adapted to extract text information of a subtitle included in a program;
a subtitle text morphological analysis unit adapted to perform morphological analysis on the text information of the subtitle;
a similarity calculation unit adapted to calculate the similarity between a keyword included in a result of the received text morphological analysis performed by the received text morphological analysis unit and a keyword included in a result of the subtitle text morphological analysis performed by the subtitle text morphological analysis unit;
a comparison unit adapted to compare the similarity with a predetermined threshold value; and
a recording unit adapted to record the program at a time at which the comparison unit determines, as a result of the comparison, that the subtitle text of the program currently includes a keyword having similarity higher than the predetermined threshold value;
a received text morphological analysis weighting unit adapted to assign a weight to each keyword included in a result of the received text morphological analysis depending on (i) a number of occurrences of each keyword and (ii) whether each keyword is a noun or a word other than a noun, such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword with a small number of occurrences, and such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis which is a noun will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword which is a word other than a noun, and such that a respective received text keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences and which is a noun will have a higher weight than a received text respective keyword with a small number of occurrences and which is a word other than a noun;
a subtitle text morphological analysis weighting unit adapted to assign a weight to each keyword included in a result of the subtitle text morphological analysis depending on (i) a number of occurrences of each keyword and (ii) whether each keyword is a noun or a word other than a noun, such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword with a small number of occurrences, and such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis which is a noun will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword which is a word other than a noun, and such that a respective subtitle text keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis with a large number of occurrences and which is a noun will have a higher weight than a respective subtitle text keyword with a small number of occurrences and which is a word other than a noun;
wherein the similarity calculation unit calculates the similarity between the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis by using the weight assigned to each keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and the weight assigned to each keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis;
a received text keyword managing unit adapted to register, in a received text keyword table, the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and its assigned weight; and
a subtitle text keyword managing unit adapted to register, in a subtitle text keyword table, the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis and its assigned weight;
wherein the similarity calculation unit calculates the similarity between the keyword included in the result of the received text morphological analysis and the keyword included in the result of the subtitle text morphological analysis by calculating a cosine of an angle between a vector of the received text keyword table and a vector of the subtitle text keyword table.
11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:
a further similarity calculation unit adapted to calculate the similarity between the keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table and a keyword included in a result of received text morphological analysis performed on newly received text; and
wherein the received text keyword managing unit, based on the calculated similarity, updates the subtitle text keyword table such that a keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table having a higher similarity is located at a higher-order position and a keyword registered in the subtitle text keyword table having a lower similarity is located at a lower-order position.