A localised reduced lifetime region is provided in a semiconductor device formed substantially of silicon. The fence support includes a cutter and a contact surface, which defines a cutter slot. At a base end side of a cover, which opens and closes the document reading area, a gap is formed which passes the document to an outer side of the scanner unit when the document is pushed out from the document reading area. The formulations may be administered in combination with other nicotine formulations. A width or a height of the compensating pulse varies in accordance with a location of the signal electrode, display pattern or other factors. The controllable coupling mechanism is characterized by a first state in which the superconducting bus and the qubit are capacitively coupled, thereby permitting a coupling operation to be performed between a quantum device, coupled to the superconducting bus, and the qubit.