Abstract: A method for Internet Protocol (IP)-based sleep mode control is disclosed. The method includes, when a request for a sleep mode is made from any one of internal hosts, transmitting a sleep mode request message to an internal router, updating the state of the corresponding host to a sleep mode, transmitting a sleep mode ACK message to the internal host requiring a sleep mode, switching to a sleep mode, and transmitting information about the internal hosts in a sleep mode to the external hosts of a history information list because the internal router stores the history information of the external hosts that communicated with the internal hosts in a sleep mode in the form of a list.

Abstract: A board assembly for transmitting a high-speed signal and a method of manufacturing the same. The board assembly may include a submount board, a base board, and a contact member for a signal line. The submount board may include at least one first high-speed signal line formed on the surface thereof. The base board may include the submount board on one part of the upper surface thereof, and at least second high-speed signal line on the other part of the upper surface thereof, wherein the second high-speed signal lines corresponds to the first high-speed signal lines, respectively. The contact member for the signal line may be installed on the side of the submount board, and have an upper portion contacting the first high-speed signal line and a lower portion contacting the second high-speed signal line such that the first high-speed signal line contacts the second high-speed signal line.

Abstract: Disclosed is a non-contact power feeding apparatus using a conductive fluid, through which an electric railroad vehicle or a trolleybus receives required power from a contact wire in a non-contact state by using the conductive fluid. The non-contact power feeding apparatus according to the present invention includes: a fluid injection hole defined in a vehicle to inject the conductive fluid toward the contact wire; a conductive fluid container for supplying the conductive fluid that is injected through the fluid injection hole; a pressing pump for injecting the conductive fluid within the conductive fluid container through the fluid injection hole; and a current collection terminal disposed on a side of the fluid injection hole to receive the power from the contact wire in a non-contact manner by using the conductive fluid as a medium.

Abstract: A receiver has an ID that includes three signal detection intervals (S1, S2, S3). The three signal detection intervals (S1, S2, S3) are detected as the receiver detects a signal consisting of a value larger than a threshold at each of the detection timings (DT1 to DT4). The transmitter transmits four radio frames (FR1 to FR4) such that each of the radio frames straddles the corresponding one of the detection timings (DT1 to DT4) in the receiver.

Abstract: The present description is directed to a manufacturing method of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells and a solid-state electrolyte filling device used in the manufacturing method. The present invention provides a manufacturing method of dye-sensitized solar cells that fills the solid-state electrolyte more uniformly with enhanced efficiency to secure higher light-to-energy conversion efficiency.

Abstract: Cross-linked peptides related to human p53 and bind to HMD2 or a family member of HDM2 useful for promoting apoptosis, e.g., in the treatment of and identifying therapeutic agents that binding to HMD2 or a family member of HDM2.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor or metal oxide ingot by sequentially inducing a liquid-to-solid phase transition of a liquid raw material following a solidification direction, the apparatus including: a crucible containing a semiconductor or metal oxide raw material; a cooling unit spaced apart from the crucible at a predetermined distance in a vertical direction, when a height direction of the crucible is designated by the vertical direction and a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction is designated by a horizontal direction; a first heating unit spaced apart from the crucible at a predetermined distance in the horizontal direction and surrounding a circumferential surface of the crucible; and an insulating member provided between the crucible and the cooling unit in the horizontal direction, a position of the insulating member being shifted by a shifting unit.

Abstract: A recoverable and fault-tolerant CPU core and a control method thereof are provided. The recoverable and fault-tolerant CPU core includes first, second, and third arithmetic logic circuits configured to perform a calculation requested by the same instruction, a first selector configured to compare calculation values output from the first, second, and third arithmetic logic circuits by the same instruction, determine as a normal state when two or more of the calculation values are the same, and if not, determine as a fault state, and a register file configured to record the calculation value having the same value, when determining as the normal state in the first selector.

Abstract: Hardware and software methodology are described for three-dimensional imaging in connection with a single sensor. A plurality of images is captured at different degrees of focus without focus change of an objective lens between such images. Depth information is extracted by comparing image blur between the images captured on the single sensor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal lens imaging apparatus includes a lens group containing at least a liquid crystal lens, a drive circuit, an image collecting unit, and an image processing unit. The drive circuit is connected to the liquid crystal lens to drive the liquid crystal lens into an out-of-focus state or into an in-focus state. The image collecting unit is configured to collect light signal passing through the liquid crystal lens and to generate an image according to the light signal. When the liquid crystal lens is in the in-focus state, the image collecting unit generates an in-focus image of the light signal and, when the liquid crystal lens is in the out-of-focus state, the image collecting unit generates an out-of-focus image of the light signal. Further, the image processing unit is connected to the image collecting unit to receive both the in-focus image and the out-of-focus image and to process the in-focus image using the out-of-focus image to obtain a processed in-focus image as a final generated image.

Abstract: An electrophilic acid gas-reactive fracturing fluid, proppant, and process are detailed. The fluid expands in volume to provide rapid and controlled increases in pressure that enhances fracturing in subterranean bedrock for recovery of energy-producing materials. The proppant stabilizes fracture openings in the bedrock to enhance recovery of energy-producing materials.

Abstract: A dendritic polymer, a dendritic polymer monomer, and a hyperbranched copolymer are described. The dendritic polymer monomer has a structure denoted by Z?-(Q)n-Y, wherein Z? represents a structure denoted by the following formula (a) and/or formula (b), Q represents a dendritic constitutional repeating unit of the dendritic polymer monomer, n represents the generation number of the dendritic polymer monomer, and is an integer within a range of 2-6, Y represents a group that contains SO3? and COO?, R14-R16 can be identical to or different from each other, and are H or C1-C5 alkyl respectively. The monomer can be used as a copolymerizable monomer for preparing a hyperbranched polymer applicable to oil fields, the obtained hyperbranched polymer can be used as an inhibiting filtrate reducer for drilling fluid, flocculating agent, encapsulating agent, heat-resistant and salinity-resistant polymer flooding agent, and thickening agent for fracturing liquid, etc.

Abstract: Compounds, compositions, kits and methods for treating conditions related to neurodegeneration or ocular disease, are disclosed.

Abstract: A fast-response thermoplastic shape-memory polyimide and a preparation method thereof, related to a polyimide and a preparation method thereof. The present invention aims to solve the problem in high-temperature conditions of slow shape recovery poor stability, and poor mechanical properties of a shape-memory polymer prepared by utilizing an existing method. The structural formula of the polyamide of the present invention is as represented by formula (I). The preparation method is: 1. preparation of a diamine solution; 2. preparation of an anhydride-terminated high molecular weight polyamic acid; 3. preparation of a viscous sol-gel; and, 4. preparation of the thermoplastic shape-memory polyimide. The thermoplastic shape-memory polyimide prepared per the present invention is provided with a very fast shape recovery rate and improved shape-memory effect. The present invention is applicable in the field of polyimide preparation.

Abstract: A method and a device for encoding/decoding images are disclosed. The method for encoding images comprises the steps of: deriving a scan type of a residual signal for a current block according to whether or not the current block is a transform skip block; and applying the scan type to the residual signal for the current block, wherein the transform skip block is a block to which transform for the current block is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether or not transform for the current block is to be applied.

Abstract: Provided are an active Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tag applied to a logistics tracking system and a communication method thereof. The communication method includes transmitting movement completion information to a reader by using a communication channel, which less consumes power of a battery, at a time when movement of a product or a pallet which is moving is not sensed, receiving a request message, requesting position information of the tag corresponding to the movement completion information, from the reader by using the communication channel, activating a positioning channel, which relatively more consumes the power of the battery, to transmit positioning information to the reader by using the activated positioning channel in response to the request message received through the communication channel, and when the transmission of the positioning information is completed, deactivating the positioning channel.

Abstract: A method for distributed interference coordination is provided. The method includes: forming a group of multiple small cells, selecting one of the small cells to be a group leader for the group, and performing time-domain interference coordination on the group by the group leader.

Abstract: This invention belongs to the field of nanomaterials. Specifically relates to a kind of hierarchical porous material and its preparation method. A kind of hierarchical porous material is disclosed, and said hierarchical porous material is composed of primary pore aggregates, the primary pore aggregates get together and formed the secondary pore aggregates, then the secondary pore aggregates connect to each other formed the hierarchical porous material; there are primary pores on said primary pore aggregates wherein the diameter of primary pore is 5-500 nm; there are secondary pores on said secondary pore aggregates wherein the diameter of secondary pore is 1-5 ?m. Compared with existing technology, said hierarchical porous materials of this invention has apparent advantages of large surface area, high usage of precious metal and so on, which facilitating its mass transfer reaction when used as oxygen reduction reaction catalysts and other special applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating a bidirectional chirp signal by using a phase accumulation polynomial, and the apparatus for generating a bidirectional chirp signal according to an embodiment may include an extraction unit extracting time interval information from the output of a frequency accumulator, a polynomial handling unit applying the phase accumulation polynomial to the extracted time interval information to generate a polynomial output value, and a bidirectional chirp signal output unit outputting a bidirectional chirp signal on the basis of the generated polynomial output value.

Abstract: In order to automatically determine a structural member that is included in a structure and has flat surfaces, an input unit is configured to input three-dimensional point group data of the structure, a flat surface extraction unit is configured to extract the flat surfaces of the structure based on the three-dimensional point group data, a grouping unit is configured to group the flat surfaces into flat surface groups based on an angle of each of the flat surfaces with respect to a reference direction and a distance between the flat surfaces, a connection relationship extraction unit is configured to extract a connection relationship between the grouped flat surface groups, and a determination unit is configured to determine the structural member that the structure is constructed from based on the extracted connection relationship.