Abstract: The invention provides a Bottom Contacted 2D-layer Device (BCD) for the determination of graphene doping and chemical sensing. The device can be made by transfer of high quality CVD grown graphene films onto n- or p-doped silicon substrates yielding Schottky barrier diodes. Exposure to liquids and gases change the charge carrier density in the graphene and as a result the electrical transport of the device is modulated. The changes can be easily detected and interpreted in the doping power of the adsorbent. This principle allows one to create a new type of chemical sensor platform exploiting the monolayer nature of graphene or other carbon material. The device benefits from facile fabrication and the result is a robust device which can investigate surface chemistry on monolayer materials.

Abstract: A method for treating or preventing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is disclosed. By promoting the expression of six-transmembrane protein of prostate 2 (STAMP2) in liver cells, the method can be useful in improving the abnormalities in lipid metabolism in the liver, and also improving insulin resistance, thereby preventing or treating a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Abstract: A video system for minimizing streaming latency is disclosed. The video system includes an encoder having a data input part receiving external streaming video data, a data conversion part converting the external streaming video data to output converted video data, a first buffer receiving the converted video data, a data measurement part measuring size of the converted video data and conversion time spent for converting the streaming data, and a latency determination part comparing the size and the conversion time, respectively, to a reference size and a reference time to determine latency; and a decoder having a second buffer receiving the converted video data from the first buffer. The latency determination part transmitting the determined result to the data input part and the data input part outputs a latest streaming video data in response to determination that the first buffer or second buffer will be in underflow.

Abstract: A cache memory device is provided. The cache memory device includes a memory including a first cache memory region and a second cache memory region, and a control block. The control block determines a type of data to be received. The control block also performs at least one of transmitting a head of received data to a first cache memory region, transmitting a body of the received data to a second cache memory region and transmitting a tail of the received data to the first cache memory region based on the type of the data to be received.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiducial marker comprising barium sulfate (BaSO4), a solvent, and a polyethylene glycol-poly(aminourethaneurea) multi-block copolymer, as active ingredients. The fiducial marker of the present invention has an effect of significantly remedying disadvantages of image distortion and dose distortion, which are involved in the gold inner marker used in the conventional art. The fiducial marker of the present invention has very limited in vivo mobility, and thus the fiducial marker is maintained at the position at which it has been initially injected. Since the fiducial marker of the present invention is maintained in a sol or liquid state before in vivo injection, and transited into a gel or solid phase after in vivo injection, the injectability of the fiducial marker by an injector syringe is favorable, and the state of the fiducial marker can be controlled into a phase suitable to each site of the therapeutic target.

Abstract: A coniferyl alcohol or a Compositae family, Brassicaceae family, Umbelliferae family, Lamiaceae family, Liliaceae family or Amaranthaceae plant extract provides various uses associated with hTRPA1 activation, and, being a natural compound, involves relatively few side effects in the body and has substantial industrial applicability. The coniferyl alcohol or the Compositae family, Brassicaceae family, Umbelliferae family, Lamiaceae family, Liliaceae family or Amaranthaceae plant extract of the present invention not only will be a novel medical or food raw material which is helpful in maintaining homeostasis in the body associated with hTRPA1 activation, but can also be used to advantage in hTRPA1 antagonist screening.

Abstract: A cache memory device is provided. The cache memory device includes a memory including a first cache memory region and a second cache memory region, and a control block. The control block determines a type of data to be received. The control block also performs at least one of transmitting a head of received data to a first cache memory region, transmitting a body of the received data to a second cache memory region and transmitting a tail of the received data to the first cache memory region based on the type of the data to be received.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition which has excellent activity of stimulating enteroendocrine cells while being safe with few side effects. The composition contains one or more of an Oldenlandia brachypoda extract, a Spergularia marina extract, a Disporum smilacinum extract, a Persicaria posumbu extract and a Geum aleppicum extract as an active ingredient. The composition of the present disclosure can be usefully used as a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition for preventing, improving or treating diabetes mellitus, improving or treating heart diseases, improving or treating arteriosclerosis, improving or treating digestive disorders and malabsorption, preventing or treating obesity or suppressing appetite, protecting nerves, treating or improving liver diseases, and so forth.

Abstract: A web service push method is performed by a web service push server connected to a web service providing server, a push server, and a user terminal capable of executing a web browser and including a push client. The web service push method includes the steps of: receiving, from the web service providing server, push request information including a location identifier of a web service and a web browser identifier; determining a push identifier relating to the web browser based on the received web browser identifier; generating a web service push message including the location identifier and the determined push identifier; and transmitting the generated web service push message to the push server to enable the user terminal to receive the web service through the web browser.

Abstract: The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. The invention provides methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve a non-toxigenic Protein A (SpA) variant. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions involve SdrD, ClfA, and/or FnbpB polypeptides.

Abstract: An air conditioner controlling device for a vehicle may include a knob rotatably installed on the front of a case, a cylindrical cam rotatably installed inside the case, interlocked with a shaft of the knob, and having a slot formed in an outer surface thereof, and a lever having one end rotatably mounted to the case and the other end insertedly coupled to the slot of the cylindrical cam to thereby reciprocate the cylindrical cam at the time of rotation of the cylindrical cam, wherein the lever may be insertedly mounted in a portion of the slot formed along the outer surface of the cylindrical cam, and a mounting position and angle of the lever may be thus adjusted, such that a reciprocation direction of the lever may be freely adjusted.

Abstract: A cache memory device is provided. The cache memory device includes a memory including a first cache memory region and a second cache memory region, and a control block. The control block determines a type of data to be received. The control block also performs at least one of transmitting a head of received data to a first cache memory region, transmitting a body of the received data to a second cache memory region and transmitting a tail of the received data to the first cache memory region based on the type of the data to be received.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin and a first metal particle, wherein the first metal particle has a ratio of a short diameter relative to a long diameter of about 1/50 to about ?. Also a thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin, a plate-shaped second metal particle, and plate-shaped mica, wherein the plate-shaped mica is included in an amount of about 0.01 parts by weight to about 4.9 parts by weight based on about 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin. In addition a thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin, a plate-shaped third metal particle or a spherical fourth metal particle, and thermally expandable particulate, wherein the thermally expandable particulate includes a polymer particle including a hydrocarbon foamable compound therein.

Abstract: Integrated circuit systems include a non-volatile memory device (e.g, flash EEPROM device) and a memory processing circuit. The memory processing circuit is electrically coupled to the non-volatile memory device. The memory processing circuit is configured to reallocate addressable space within the non-volatile memory device. This reallocation is performed by increasing a number of physical addresses within the non-volatile memory device that are reserved as redundant memory addresses, in response to a capacity adjust command received by the memory processing circuit.

Abstract: A coniferyl alcohol or a Compositae family, Brassicaceae family, Umbelliferae family, Lamiaceae family, Liliaceae family or Amaranthaceae plant extract provides various uses associated with hTRPA1 activation, and, being a natural compound, involves relatively few side effects in the body and has substantial industrial applicability. The coniferyl alcohol or the Compositae family, Brassicaceae family, Umbelliferae family, Lamiaceae family, Liliaceae family or Amaranthaceae plant extract of the present invention not only will be a novel medical or food raw material which is helpful in maintaining homeostasis in the body associated with hTRPA1 activation, but can also be used to advantage in hTRPA1 antagonist screening.

Abstract: The binoculars of the present invention comprise two optical units; one optical unit for each eye. Each optical unit comprises a first reflector element and a second reflector element, wherein at least one of the reflector elements is a micromirror array reflector. The binoculars of the present invention provide focusing and/or zoom functions without or with minimal macroscopic mechanical lens movement.

Abstract: The invention provides a Bottom Contacted 2D-layer Device (BCD) for the determination of graphene doping and chemical sensing. The device can be made by transfer of high quality CVD grown graphene films onto n- or p-doped silicon substrates yielding Schottky barrier diodes. Exposure to liquids and gases change the charge carrier density in the graphene and as a result the electrical transport of the device is modulated. The changes can be easily detected and interpreted in the doping power of the adsorbent. This principle allows one to create a new type of chemical sensor platform exploiting the monolayer nature of graphene or other carbon material. The device benefits from facile fabrication and the result is a robust device which can investigate surface chemistry on monolayer materials.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory may include a plurality of map blocks for storing a plurality of map units, the map units representing mapping information between physical addresses and logical addresses. A storage device may include such a non-volatile memory. A method of mapping such a non-volatile memory may include writing historical information regarding locations of valid map units among the map units included in map blocks previously allocated among the map blocks when a new map block among the map blocks is allocated, the valid map units representing valid mapping information, and constructing a map table including all of the valid mapping information based on the historical information and a result of searching a map block recently allocated among the map blocks.

Abstract: An optical system with optical image stabilization of the present invention compensates the movement of the optical system occurring during imaging process using a Micro-Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) unit having an MEMS mirror to stabilize an image of an object formed on an image plane. A micro-actuator with the in-plane translation makes the MEMS mirror have a required rotation to change optical paths of light from the object to the image plane for optical image stabilization. The optical system with optical image stabilization or the present invention provides fast speed, light weight, simple operation, and high image quality image stabilization for the optical system.

Abstract: A Micromirror Array Lens with self-tilted micromirrors comprising a plurality of self-tilted micromirrors and configured to form a designed optical surface profile by self-tilted micromirrors. Each self-tilted micromirror comprises a substrate, at least one stiction plate configured to be attracted to the substrate by adhesion force, a micromirror plate having a reflective surface, coupled to the stiction plate elastically and configured to have a required motion when the stiction plate is attracted to the substrate, and at least one pivot structure disposed between the substrate and the micromirror plate and configured to provide a tilting point or area for the motion of the micromirror plate. The designed optical surface profile determines the required motion of the micromirror plate and a surface profile shape memory is built in the structure of the micro-mechanical elements of the self-tilted micromirrors so that each micromirror plate has the required motion.