PURPOSE: A multi-photon confocal laser scanning microscope is provided to prevent light absorption problems due to thickness of an object and to improve three-dimensional resolving power by simultaneously absorbing at least two photons.

CONSTITUTION: A multi-photon confocal laser scanning microscope is composed of a support unit(12) for supporting an object(11) containing materials capable of being excited by photons of first energy; a laser light source(14) for irradiating a pulse beam of sub-picoseconds having photons of second energy that is 1/n of the first energy, wherein n is a positive number over 2; an objective lens(16) disposed on the support unit to image the laser pulse beam on a measuring surface of the object placed on the support unit; a light receiving unit(18) for receiving the photon of the first energy generated from the object excited by the n number of photons of the second energy; and a light orienting unit(17) for orienting the pulse beam emitted from the laser light source to the objective lens and orienting the photon of the first energy generated from the object to the light receiving unit.

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PURPOSE: A positioning system, a terminal apparatus, a control method thereof, a control program thereof, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the same are provided to shorten the time required for capturing satellite radio waves by creating BS(Base Station) frequency error information for a communication BS, based on BS terminal error information and static satellite terminal error information, and transmitting it to the communication BS.

CONSTITUTION: A terminal comprises a terminal control part(100), a communication part(102), and a GPS part(104). Also the terminal comprises the first memory part(110) storing various programs and the second memory part(150) storing various information. The second memory part(150) stores BS nominal frequency information(152) which indicates a nominal frequency for the radio waves of BSs. The first memory part(110) stores a BS radio wave receiving program(112). The BS radio wave receiving program(112) includes a BS radio wave synchronization frequency signal creation program(114) to create a frequency signal to receive Tx radio waves.

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The present invention relates to systems, methods, and devices for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample. The use of linear, cyclic, or acyclic voltammetric scans and/or semi-integral, derivative, or semi-derivative data treatment may provide for increased accuracy when determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample. Hematocrit compensation in combination with the data treatments may reduce the hematocrit effect with regard to a glucose analysis in whole blood. In another aspect, fast scan rates may reduce the hematocrit effect.

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PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for setting an audio information display language are provided to store an audio file and information of a set language in a database in case that once a language is set to the audio file, thereby making a language setting change of each audio file automatically carried out.

CONSTITUTION: A speech recognition part(220) recognizes inputted speech and determines a character. A reproduction display part reproduces an audio file, performs a language setting operation for displaying audio file information according to the determined character and displays audio information a set language. A storage part(240) stores language information and the audio file information recognized by the speech recognition part. The speech recognition part includes a speech determination part(221) for extracting a feature of the inputted speech and comparing the feature with a stored speech feature model in order to judge speech, and a speech feature model storage part(222) for storing the speech feature model.

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PURPOSE: A method for forming a contact hole in a semiconductor device is provided to prevent a lifting effect and a process error by using a buffer layer while amorphous carbon and a SiON layer are used as a hard mask.

CONSTITUTION: An insulating layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate(31). A buffer layer(36a) is formed on the insulating layer. A hard mask including at least amorphous carbon is formed on a predetermined region of the buffer layer. The buffer layer and the insulating layer are etched by using the hard mask layer so that a contact hole(41) is formed by exposing the semiconductor substrate corresponding to a contact region.

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