Abstract: Phononic structures, devices related to phononic structures, and methods related to fabrication of the phononic structures are described. The phononic structure can include a sheet of material, where the sheet of material can include a plurality of regions. Adjacent regions in the sheet of material can have dissimilar phononic patterns.

Abstract: This invention relates to a lubricating oil composition and production thereof. The lubricating oil composition comprises a Mannich base represented by the following formula (III) (wherein A and R2 are as defined in the specification) and a lubricant base oil. The lubricating oil composition according to this invention exhibits excellent cleansing and dispersing performance and excellent anticorrosion performance.

Abstract: Disclosed are a modified catalyst for converting ortho-hydrogen to para-hydrogen, in which a metal active material capable of converting ortho-hydrogen to para-hydrogen is coated on a surface of a porous support, a method for preparing the same, and an apparatus and a method for converting ortho-hydrogen to para-hydrogen in hydrogen gas using the same. Accordingly, a pressure drop may be prevented and impurities in hydrogen gas may also be simultaneously removed when ortho-hydrogen is converted to para-hydrogen, and a stable reaction operation may be enabled.

Abstract: Nanobrushes, methods of forming nanobrushes, and methods of altering material with a nanobrush are disclosed herein. A nanobrush may include a substrate having a surface and a plurality of bristles deposited on at least one portion of the surface. The plurality of bristles may be arranged into a plurality of bunches. Each of the plurality of bunches may be spaced from an adjacent bunch at a bunch interval equal to or less than about 100 ?m.

Abstract: As a result of dedicated studies, the present inventors succeeded in discovering, for the first time, that fibrogenesis could be suppressed at the physiological tissue level by inhibiting sulfation at position 4 or 6 of GalNAc, which is a sugar that constitutes sugar chains. Furthermore, the present inventors conducted studies using various disease model animals, and as a result, successfully demonstrated that inhibitors of sulfation at position 4 or 6 of GalNAc had therapeutic effects on diseases caused by tissue fibrogenesis (tissue fibrogenic disorders).

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for hand gesture recognition based on a depth image, which includes a depth image acquiring unit configured to acquire a depth image including a hand region, a depth point classifying unit configured to classify depth points of a hand region in the depth image according to a corresponding hand portion by means of a machine studying method, and a hand model matching unit configured to match a three-dimensional hand model with the classified depth points by using distances between the classified depth points and a hand portion respectively corresponding to the depth points. A recognition method using the apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a labeling precursor compound represented by the following general formula (2): wherein R1 represents an alkynyl group, an alkynyloxy group, an azide group, an azidoalkyl group, an arylazide group, a monocyclic or condensed polycyclic aryl group or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle; R2 and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group or a hydroxyalkyl group which hydroxy group may be protected with a protecting group, and n is an integer of 1 or 2; R6 represents an alkyl group or —CONR11R12 wherein R11 and R12 each independently represent an alkyl group or a monocyclic or condensed polycyclic aryl group; and R4, R5, R7 and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group.

Abstract: A synchronization method between satellite time and ground time, and a satellite system using the same are provided, in which the satellite system includes a satellite and a ground equipment, in which the ground equipment generates a satellite command including information about time difference between the ground time and the satellite time included in a telemetry data frame transmitted from the satellite and transmits the satellite command to the satellite, and the satellite can synchronize the satellite time with the ground time, using the information about the time difference included in the satellite command.

Abstract: A method for artificial cultivation of Ophiocordyceps sinensis fruiting bodies. The method comprises: inoculating Ophiocordyceps sinensis into a sterile rice medium, cultivating at 9-13° C. for 40-60 days, after the medium is covered with mycelia, performing low-temperature induction at 1-8° C. for 60-80 days to develop a fruiting body primordium, and transferring the cultivation to 11-16° C. till harvest of the fruiting bodies. The method provided by the present invention requires no low-oxygen environment, which can reduce cultivation cost; it only needs 3-4 months from induction to harvest of fruiting bodies; the rice medium for use has a low cost, which is suitable for commercial cultivation of Ophiocordyceps sinensis fruiting bodies.

Abstract: A neural probe structure has a probe having a microfluidic channel. The probe is inserted into an inside of a subject. A body to which the probe is fixed has a fluid entrance communicating with the microfluidic channel. A cover element is fixed to the body to cover the fluid entrance. The cover element has a connecting opening to which an external conduit is connected, and a fluid delivery channel extending such that the connecting opening and the fluid entrance are in fluid communication. A fluid fed from the external conduit flows along the fluid delivery channel, goes into the fluid entrance, and is delivered to the subject through the microfluidic channel.

Abstract: In a portable type information input and output apparatus having a portable housing, the control unit performs a control to determine whether a detected output by a first sensor (light sensor or atmospheric pressure sensor) for detecting a first environmental change in three-dimensional space exceeds a threshold value or not, and to execute command by regarding all or part of information obtained by a second sensor (acceleration sensor, angular velocity sensor, direction sensor, atmospheric pressure sensor or temperature sensor) for detecting a second environmental change in the three-dimensional space as an input information, and to generate an output signal according to the second environmental change in the three-dimensional space based on the input information, and to output the generated output signal as a vibration information from an information output device composed of at least one vibration device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus for controlling copying of broadcast content and a method for recording and playing back broadcast content using the apparatus. The broadcast content copying control apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving a request for recording of broadcast content from a DRM client, and receiving content management information (CMI) corresponding to the broadcast content from a DMCD server, a security package configuration unit for configuring a DMCD security package using the CMI, a content management unit for recording the broadcast content based on recording permission information included in the CMI, and an encryption/decryption unit for encrypting the broadcast content, wherein the communication unit transmits recording result information to the DRM client, wherein the recording result information includes at least one of recording status information of the broadcast content, copy control information (CCI) corresponding to the broadcast content, and the CMI.

Abstract: Preparing a low dielectric constant thin film layer used in an integrated circuit includes: extracting gas out of a furnace; when the vacuum level within the furnace is less than 10?3 Pa, starting a 13.36 MHz radio frequency power supply and a matcher; sending the exhaust nitrogen gas, used to remove remaining gas out of the furnace by a third gas inlet pipe, into the furnace through a second pressure gas mixing tank and a second nozzle sequentially; uniformly mixing octamethyl cyclotetrasiloxane and cyclohexane, and introducing same into a pressure stainless steel tank, and, respectively by first and second gas inlet tubes, introducing bubbled nitrogen gas and inert gas into the furnace sequentially through a first pressure gas mixing tank, the pressure stainless steel tank and a first nozzle; after deposition, transferring the deposited thin film layer to the furnace's heating zone for annealing, obtaining a low dielectric constant thin film layer.

Abstract: Methods of shortening the duration of anti-infective therapy and increasing the effectiveness of anti-infective drugs in subjects with infection are present. The methods are based on altering the replication rate of a pathogen, which makes the pathogen more susceptible to the actions of the anti-infective drug.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method therefor capable of reducing the amount of heat which must be supplied to a regeneration tower for regenerating an absorbent in an acid gas capture process for such acid gas as carbon dioxide and provides a low energy-type acid gas capture system and method using recirculation of an absorbent capable of reducing energy consumption by recirculating the absorbent, from which acid gas has been pre-separated, to an absorption tower before supplying the absorbent to the regeneration tower in an acid gas capture system.

Abstract: A method of inactivating B antracis spores in a contaminated target environment by: exposing the environment containing said spores to an effective amount of persulfate in solution and an oxidation agent, and allowing the persulfate solution and oxidation agent to remain in contact with the environment containing said spores for sufficient time to inactivate the spores.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile communication network system and a network configuring method. The communication network system includes: a common control access network; at least one access network slice added according to a service type requested by a device; a common control core network; and at least one core network slice added according to a service type requested by the device. The access network slice and the core network slice are determined by the service type requested by the device.

Abstract: An antenna structure with reconfigurable patterns includes a grounded plane, at least one active antenna, and at least one current dragger. The active antenna is disposed adjacent to a side of the grounded plane, while the current dragger is disposed adjacent to another side of the grounded plane. The current dragger includes at least one switch. The at least one switch is configured to selectively conduct a current at the grounded plane to the current dragger or electrically insulate a current at the grounded plane from the current dragger.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink composition containing a multifunctional adhesive suitable for a three-dimensional (3D) printer and the use thereof. The multifunctional adhesive of the present invention contains a compound with a catechol group and exhibits excellent adhesion to various materials (e.g. dry plaster powders, polymers, metals, ceramics, and composite materials). The use of the ink composition of the present invention containing the multifunctional adhesive enables the processing of various functional materials that were difficult to fabricate into a 3D structure. Therefore, it is highly likely that the ink composition of the present invention can effectively create a market for functional materials for a 3D printer and find new areas of application (e.g. automotive, medical, fashion, aviation/aerospace, construction, consumer electronics, entertainment, etc.).

Abstract: A nerve guidance conduit includes a spiral structured porous sheet decorated with channels on its surface and electrospun nanofibers in a parallel alignment with the channels and an outer tubular structure including randomly-oriented nanofibers. Such a structure provides augmented surface areas for providing directional guidance and augmented surfaces for enhancing and peripheral nerve regeneration. The structure also has the mechanical and nutrient transport requirements required over long regeneration periods. To prepare a nerve guidance conduit, porous polymer sheet is prepared by a solvent casting method while using a template of thin rods to form parallel channels on a surface of the sheet. Aligned nanofibers are deposited on the sheet parallel to the channels. The polymer sheet is then wound to form a spiral structure. A dense layer of randomly-oriented nanofibers may be deposited on the outside of the spiral.