Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a ciphertext based on homomorphic encryption. The method includes determining an approximate polynomial corresponding to a modulus reduction for bootstrapping a ciphertext based on samples extracted from the modulus reduction, and bootstrapping the ciphertext based on the approximate polynomial.

Abstract: An apparatus for measurement of an electrocardiogram signal using wireless communications includes a submodule measuring a first signal by a heartbeat signal provided via a first electrode when a flag signal is wirelessly received, and a main module wirelessly transmitting the flag signal according to a predetermined sampling period, and measuring a second signal by a heartbeat signal provided through a second electrode. The main module is configured to synchronize a measurement time of the second signal with a measurement time of the first signal by measuring the second signal in consideration of a wireless transmission time of the flag signal.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic signature technique depending on a diametrically different algorithm from the existing asymmetric key infrastructure electronic signature technique which generates predetermined syndrome data based on a message to be transmitted a data receiving device and then detects an error vector for an electronic signature from the syndrome data by using a parity check matrix and then generates an electronic signature value based on an error vector for the electronic signature and transmits the generated electronic signature value to the data receiving device.

Abstract: An antimicrobial peptide has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, except that i) the 1st and the 14th amino acids are deleted, ii) the 4th and the 8th amino acids are substituted with lysine (K), iii) the 7th amino acid is substituted with leucine (L), iv) the 9th amino acid is optionally substituted with lysine (K), and v) the 12th amino acid is optionally substituted with lysine (K). A method for antimicrobial treatment in a subject including administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of the antimicrobial peptide to a subject.

Abstract: A separation device for a deployable structure is configured to use the pogo-pin to supply power for severing a restraining wire. The separation device may enable the deployable structure to be elastically separated by means of an elastic force exerted thereon by a spring and may enable a deployed state of the structure to be ascertained immediately after deployment.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a TCAM architecture in which a content-based search is conductible in such a manner that a search key to be searched for is used as an address of a memory element that makes up a TCAM cell and that an output from the memory element reflects whether a match or a mismatch is found as a result of the search. The memory element may be a look-up table.

Abstract: A loop antenna module used in a capsule-type endoscope comprises: a feed portion substrate including a pair of coupling pads provided on a surface; and a loop antenna body including a loop antenna substrate coupled to the feed portion substrate, a pair of coupling pads provided on a surface of the loop antenna substrate and capacitively coupled to a further pair of coupling pads provided in the feed portion substrate, and a conductive wire extended from the pair of coupling pads provided on the surface of the loop antenna substrate to have a spiral pattern, wherein the loop antenna substrate, the pair of coupling pads and the conductive wire provided in the loop antenna substrate are formed of a transparent material.

Abstract: A method for treating a microorganism or inflammation caused by the microorganism includes administering or applying a composition comprising an antimicrobial peptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 to a subject in need thereof. Because the antimicrobial peptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 exhibits an excellent antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria and also low cytotoxicity for human erythrocytes, it can be advantageously used for various applications.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of normalizing a tachycardia electrocardiogram (ECG) on the basis of P-wave and T-wave data interpolation. The method of normalizing a tachycardia ECG on the basis of P-wave and T-wave data interpolation includes (a) receiving a first ECG signal from a subject, (b) detecting P-wave and T-wave peaks in the received first ECG signal, (c) segmenting the received first ECG signal into one-cycle ECG signals on the basis of the detected P-wave and T-wave peaks, (d) segmenting the one-cycle ECG signals into a P-wave period, a QRS complex period, and a T-wave period, and (e) normalizing the segmented P-wave and T-wave periods through data interpolation.

Abstract: An apparatus for injecting an infusion solution is provided, and the apparatus includes a housing including a receiving part to receive an infusion solution bag in the receiving part and an infusion solution tube connected with the infusion solution bag and withdrawn, and a pressing member received in the receiving part to self-inflate as air is supplied and to press the infusion solution bag.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of normalizing a tachycardia electrocardiogram (ECG) on the basis of P-wave and T-wave data interpolation. The method of normalizing a tachycardia ECG on the basis of P-wave and T-wave data interpolation includes (a) receiving a first ECG signal from a subject, (b) detecting P-wave and T-wave peaks in the received first ECG signal, (c) segmenting the received first ECG signal into one-cycle ECG signals on the basis of the detected P-wave and T-wave peaks, (d) segmenting the one-cycle ECG signals into a P-wave period, a QRS complex period, and a T-wave period, and (e) normalizing the segmented P-wave and T-wave periods through data interpolation.

Abstract: An R wave peak detection method uses the periodicity of an electrocardiogram signal, in which expected R wave peaks are detected from an electrocardiogram signal, and a time difference between the expected R wave peaks that are detected is calculated in order to output, as actual R wave peaks, only expected R wave peaks that are greater than a threshold time difference, thereby avoiding a case in which the R wave peaks are erroneously detected from an non-ideal electrocardiogram signal.

Abstract: A Carbon NanoTube (CNT) composite electrode includes a lower electrode having a through-hole formed therein, and configured to be attached to the skin of a subject body to detect a biosignal, an upper electrode provided on one surface of the lower electrode to form an enclosed space between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and configured to receive the biosignal detected by the lower electrode, and an air discharge portion formed in at least one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and discharging air present in the enclosed space and the through-hole externally so as to be configured to allow the upper electrode and the lower electrode to be attached to the skin of the subject body via vacuum suction.

Abstract: Provided is an electromyogram (EMG) signal-based user authentication apparatus and method. The apparatus includes an EMG signal receiver configured to receive an EMG signal measured using an EMG sensor, a pre-processor configured to remove a partial signal from the received EMG signal according to a preset frequency band, and a controller configured to authenticate a user by comparing a pre-stored EMG signal with the EMG signal in which the partial signal has been removed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for processing a video signal by using a linear relationship between transform types, the method comprising the steps of: determining a transform group on the basis of a prediction mode of a current block; parsing a transform combination index from the video signal, wherein the transform combination index indicates one of a plurality of transform combinations in the transform group; deriving a transform combination corresponding to the transform combination index, wherein the transform combination includes a horizontal transform and a vertical transform and includes DST-1 or DCT-5; performing inverse transform of the current block on the basis of the transform combination; and reconstructing the video signal by using the inverse-transformed current block.

Abstract: A methane (CH4) gas is synthesized from carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) using catalyst-dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. In the method and apparatus for synthesizing methane gas of the invention, methane (CH4) gas, which is synthetic natural gas, can be effectively synthesized only from carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) using DBD plasma at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, and also, additional heating and pressurization devices are not used during the methane gas synthesis process, thus reducing production costs and realizing high-value-added processing due to the absence of risks during the processing.

Abstract: A novel antimicrobial peptide is derived from myxinidin peptide. The novel antimicrobial peptides (i.e., myxinidin 2 and myxinidin 3) have low cytotoxicity for human cells while exhibiting an excellent antimicrobial activity, and exhibit an anti-inflammatory and a wound healing effect. Thus, they can be advantageously used as an effective ingredient of antibiotics, a cosmetic composition, a food additive, an animal feed additive, biopesticides, and a quasi-drug product or the like.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for location estimation of terminals in a wireless communication system. A method of operating a positioning apparatus may include (a) calculating distances between a terminal and first, second, and third base stations, (b) creating first, second, and third circles centered at locations of the first, second, and third base stations with radii corresponding to the distances, (c) calculating intersection distances between two intersections formed by the second circle, which is the smallest circle, and one of the first circle and the third circle and the other two intersections formed by the first circle and the third circle, and (d) determining one of the intersections corresponding to the shortest distance among the intersection distances as the terminal's location.

Abstract: A wearable energy generating apparatus includes a flexible substrate, and a flexible electrode part having a first electrode attached to one surface of the flexible substrate, and coated with a negatively charged material, and a second electrode attached to one surface of the flexible substrate, and spaced apart from the first electrode by a predetermined interval. The negatively charged material coated on a surface of the first electrode may directly contact a human body that is a positively charged object, and the second electrode may directly contact the skin of the human body.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for detecting in-vehicle external data intrusion by comparing multiple information entropy and a method of operating the same. The present invention may prevent a danger due to in-vehicle external data intrusion by providing a technology that may determine whether in-vehicle external data intrusion occurs by checking information entropy representing the amount of information for a package ID generable through an in-vehicle Controller Area Network (CAN) communication network.