Abstract: Provided are a multi-level converter having more than one converter arm in which a plurality of sub-modules are connected in series, multi-level converter comprising, a first bypass circuit connected in parallel to at least one sub-module included in more than one converter arm on a first side and including a first switching device, a second bypass circuit connected in parallel to more than one converter arm on a second side and including a diode, a second switching device included in more than one converter arm and having a first end connected in series to at least one sub-module and a second end connected to a first end of first bypass circuit at a single node and a third switching device included in more than one converter arm and having a first end connected in series to at least one sub-module and a second end connected to a first end of second bypass circuit at a single node.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel bioactivity testing structure for single cell tracking using a gelling agent and a bioactivity testing system including the testing structure. The present invention also relates to bioactivity testing, drug susceptibility testing, antibiotic screening, and diagnostic methods using the testing structure. The bioactivity testing structure of the present invention enables very rapid and simple drug susceptibility testing of bacteria, particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis, drug screening, and bacterial diagnosis. Particularly, the use of the testing structure enables DST and diagnosis of bacteria only by pretreatment without the need to concentrate human sputum samples irrespective of inoculum effect, ensuring rapid, accurate, and simple testing compared to conventional tuberculosis diagnosis or DST systems. In addition, the testing structure of the present invention simultaneously enables the diagnosis and drug susceptibility testing of tuberculosis.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display positioned on at least a surface of a housing of the electronic device, at least one sensor configured to sense a bend of the display and a mount of the electronic device, and a processor configured to control a running of an application, obtain information relating to a shape of the bend of the display and a form of the mount of the electronic device based on information sensed by the at least one sensor, determine a transformation type of the display based on the information relating to the shape of the bend and the form of the mount, when the electronic device is mounted in the determined transformation type, determine at least one display area in the display according to a first function of the application corresponding to the transformation type, and perform control to display an object relating to the first function on the determined display area.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic emitting diode including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an emitting material layer between the first and second electrodes; and an intervening layer between the emitting material layer and the second electrode and including a base material and an electron injection material, wherein the intervening layer contacts the second electrode.

Abstract: There is provided a method and an apparatus for processing a disordered voice. A method for processing a disordered voice according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a voice signal; recognizing the voice signal by phoneme; extracting multiple voice components from the voice signal; acquiring restored voice components by processing at least some disordered voice components of the multiple voice components by phoneme; and synthesizing a restored voice signal based on at least the restored voice components.

Abstract: Disclosed are an organic light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an organic light emitting display apparatus using the same. In the organic light emitting device, an electron transporting layer is not provided between an emission layer and an electron injecting layer. Instead, the emission layer includes a first emission layer on a hole transporting layer, and a second emission layer on the first emission layer. The second emission layer includes a same material as a material of the first emission layer and further includes an n-type dopant material.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a surgical instrument including: an end tool including a first jaw and a second jaw configured to rotate independently; an operator including a pitch operator controlling a pitch motion of the end tool, a yaw operator controlling a yaw motion of the end tool, and an actuation operator controlling an actuation motion of the end tool; an operating force transmitter including a first jaw wire connected with the first jaw to transmit an operation of the operator to the first jaw, a second jaw wire connected with the second jaw to transmit an operation of the operator to the second jaw, and one or more differential members transmitting a rotation of the yaw operator or the actuation operator to the first jaw or the second jaw via the first jaw wire or the second jaw wire; and a connector configured to extend in a first direction (X axis) and having one end portion coupled to the end tool and the other end portion coupled to the operator to connect the operator and th

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition for an in-vivo implantable prosthesis including a photoinitiator, a crosslinking agent, and a phosphorylcholine (PC) monomer having an acrylate group, a method of coating an in-vivo implantable prosthesis using the coating composition, and a cosmetic prosthesis coated with the crosslinked polyphosphorylcholine. An in-vivo implantable prosthesis coated with crosslinked polyphosphoryicholine may be manufactured by a simple method of applying a coating composition including a photoinitiator, a crosslinking agent, and a phosphorylcholine (PC) monomer having an acrylate group according to the present invention, and then irradiating UV rays. The crosslinked polyphosphorylcholine coating may provide hydrophilicity for the surface and may also remarkably reduce adsorption of proteins and fibroblasts, which may cause side effects such as capsular contracture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing hydrocolloid having a diverse range of hydrophobicity, and more particularly, to a method for preparing hydrocolloid having a diverse range of hydrophobicity including preparing a hydrophobic hydrocolloid molecule by introducing a hydrophobic molecular group to a hydrocolloid molecule, and gelation by adding the hydrophobic hydrocolloid molecule to a pure hydrocolloid molecule. According to the present invention, a hydrophobic molecule is capable of being stably introduced without decomposing a hydrocolloid molecule during a synthesis process for introducing the hydrocolloid molecule, and hydrocolloid having a diverse hydrophobicity range is capable of being prepared depending on a mixing ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed are an organic light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an organic light emitting display apparatus using the same. In the organic light emitting device, an electron transporting layer is not provided between an emission layer and an electron injecting layer. Instead, the emission layer includes a first emission layer on a hole transporting layer, and a second emission layer on the first emission layer. The second emission layer includes a same material as a material of the first emission layer and further includes an n-type dopant material.

Abstract: Provided are a multi-level converter having more than one converter arm in which a plurality of sub-modules are connected in series, multi-level converter comprising, a first bypass circuit connected in parallel to at least one sub-module included in more than one converter arm on a first side and including a first switching device, a second bypass circuit connected in parallel to more than one converter arm on a second side and including a diode, a second switching device included in more than one converter arm and having a first end connected in series to at least one sub-module and a second end connected to a first end of first bypass circuit at a single node and a third switching device included in more than one converter arm and having a first end connected in series to at least one sub-module and a second end connected to a first end of second bypass circuit at a single node.

Abstract: Discussed are an organic light emitting display and a method for fabricating the same to improve color purity and efficiency. The organic light emitting display includes a substrate having first to third sub-pixels, first and second electrodes formed on the substrate, the first and second electrodes facing each other, a red light emitting layer formed in the first sub-pixel between the first and second electrodes, a green light emitting layer formed in the second sub-pixel between the first and second electrodes, and a blue common light emitting layer formed in the first to third sub-pixels between the first and second electrodes, wherein a thin film layer formed between the first electrode and the blue common light emitting layer and contacting the blue common light emitting layer includes a blue host.

Abstract: Discussed are an organic light emitting display and a method for fabricating the same to improve color purity and efficiency. The organic light emitting display includes a substrate having first to third sub-pixels, first and second electrodes formed on the substrate, the first and second electrodes facing each other, a red light emitting layer formed in the first sub-pixel between the first and second electrodes, a green light emitting layer formed in the second sub-pixel between the first and second electrodes, and a blue common light emitting layer formed in the first to third sub-pixels between the first and second electrodes, wherein a thin film layer formed between the first electrode and the blue common light emitting layer and contacting the blue common light emitting layer includes a blue host.

Abstract: A method of recognizing characters in a plurality of documents includes capturing a preview image of a plurality of document, cropping each of the plurality of documents in the captured preview image into respective document images, recognizing characters on each of the plurality of the document images, and generating a document containing the plurality of the document images with the recognized characters. An apparatus for recognizing characters in a document includes a camera configured to capture a preview image of a plurality of document images, a display configured to display the preview image, and a controller configured to crop each of the plurality of documents in the captured preview image into respective document images, recognize characters on each of the plurality of the document images, and generate a document corresponding to the plurality of the document images with the recognized characters.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a document in an electronic device are provided. The method for correcting the document in the electronic device includes the operations of correcting a slope of a document based on a slope of at least one character included in the document, changing a form of the document of which the slope is corrected, and deciding the document of a normal direction.

Abstract: An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting an area corresponding to at least one field of a page displayed through a display of the electronic device on the basis of an input; confirming an attribute corresponding to the at least one field among a plurality of attributes including a first attribute and a second attribute; and selectively providing a content corresponding to the attribute among at least one content including a first content and a second content according to the confirmed attribute.

Abstract: Method for display control and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes turning on a display of the electronic device, detecting state information of an electronic pen in the electronic device, and changing a state of the display based on the state information of the electronic pen. The change of the state of the display may include turning off at least one of the display, a backlight of the display, or a touch panel included in the display.

Abstract: A method and electronic device are provided for processing data. Analog text included in a document is detected. A first area of the analog text that converts to digital text and a second area of the analog text that does not convert to the digital text are determined. The digital text is displayed in the first area that converts to the digital text, and an image of at least a portion of the analog text is displayed in the second area that does not convert to digital text.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device, efficacy and lifetime of which are improved by forming a blue light emitting layer disposed over respective pixels in common as a double layer structure, includes a substrate divided into and defined by first to third pixels, a first electrode disposed on the TFT substrate and a second electrode facing the first electrode, the second electrode being spaced from the first electrode, a first light emitting layer and a second light emitting layer disposed in the first pixel and in the second pixel, respectively, between the first electrode and the second electrode, a sub-light emitting layer and a third light emitting layer disposed over the first to third pixels in this order on the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a jawbone distraction system and control method thereof, including a jawbone extension apparatus, a remote controller and a monitor, the jawbone distractor being configured to allow a horizontal shift of alveolar bone as well as performing vertical jawbone distraction, being precisely controlled in a wireless mode and configured to control a drive of the jawbone distractor through the remote controller while ascertaining a driving state by the monitor.