A vehicle brake system is provided with a brake ECU serving as controlled hydraulic brake force control for executing a controlled hydraulic brake force control to decrease the rotational speed of an electric motor when at least both of a regenerative brake force and a controlled hydraulic brake force are being applied. Capacitor are formed on the faceplate andor baseplate of a flat panel display such that a portion of the capacitor is formed on the faceplate and is aligned with the pixel matrix andor a portion of the capacitor is formed on the baseplate and is aligned with the cathode member. A time difference between a trigger at which a fine analog delay starts measuring time and the occurrence of a digital pulse of a stable clock used to count a coarse delay is measured. Methods of making the above-described optical bodies, and articles employing such optical bodies are also provided. With only one mirror, and with only minor image aberrations, the circular sector shaped laser beam can be reformed into a rectangular laser beam. A gap between opposing surfaces is sized to promote capillary action of a liquid in the electrolysis chamber that draws the liquid to at least one of the first and second electrodes in a manner allowing the flow-regulating system to be placed in multiple orientations and still have said one of the first and second electrodes wetted by capillary action.