Abstract: A calibration method for achieving channel reciprocity is provided. The method is used in a wireless communication device and includes: receiving environment information between a root node and each of a plurality of child nodes and between each of the child nodes and one of the other child nodes transmitted by the root node and the child nodes; obtaining evaluation parameters between each of the child nodes and the root node and between each of the child nodes and one of the other child nodes according to the environment information; determining links between the root node and the child nodes according to the evaluation parameters to form a first tree network topology; and obtaining calibration parameters according to the first tree network topology to calibrate reciprocity of the root node and the child nodes.

Abstract: Disclosed are operation methods of communication node supporting direct communications in network. The operation method may comprise generating control information which includes parameters used for transmitting and receiving data; transmitting, to a second UE, the control information through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH); and transmitting, to the second UE, the data through a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the parameters. Therefore, a performance of the network can be enhanced.

Abstract: Provided are a new tubulin inhibitor and applications thereof, the tubulin inhibitor being a series of compounds based on substituted heterocyclic skeletons, targeting the colchicine binding sites of tubulin. The structure is: Formula (I), wherein: formula (A), n independently expresses an integer between 0 and 5, the condition being that n?5, A represents mono- or poly-substituted groups, the groups being selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C20 amide group, C1-C20 acyloxy group, C1-C20 alkanoyl group, C1-C20 alkoxycarbonyl group, C1-C20 alkoxy group, C1-C20 alkylamino group, C1-C20 alkylcarboxyamino group, aroyl group, aralkanoyl group, carboxyl group, cyano group, halogen group, hydroxyl group, nitro group and methylthienyl group.

Abstract: A method for managing multimedia data by a contents server comprises the steps of: generating one or more chunks from an input image; generating chunk information of the input image including a list of the generated chunks; performing an identity check among chunks on the basis of the chunk information of the input image and chunk information stored in the contents server; and updating the stored chunk information according to a result of the identity check, wherein the chunks are a meaningful scene unit in an image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device, which includes: forming a first channel layer including a Group III-V compound or germanium (Ge) and having a first semiconductor characteristics on a first substrate; forming a second channel layer including a Group III-V compound or germanium (Ge) and having a second semiconductor characteristics different from the first semiconductor characteristics on the first channel layer; forming a bonding layer containing an oxide on a second channel layer; allowing the bonding layer to be bound to the second substrate so that a structure including the bonding layer, the second channel layer, the first channel layer and the first substrate may be stacked on the second substrate; removing the first substrate stacked on the second substrate; and removing the first channel layer from a partial region of the structure stacked on the second substrate.

Abstract: The invention describes a polymorph of (R)-methyl-2-(3-aminopiperidin-1-yl)-3-(2-cyanobenzyl)-4-carbonyl-3,4-dihydrothiophene[3,2-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid maleate and a preparation method therefor. The polymorph is a crystal having high stability and low hygroscopicity, and the crystal form is selected from crystal form A, crystal form B and crystal form C. Furthermore, the crystal form has a strong in-vivo hypoglycemic activity and can be used for the preparation of a novel drug for the treatment or prevention of diabetes mellitus type H and/or complications of diabetes mellitus type H.

Abstract: Disclosed is a differential relaxation oscillator using a differential structure that may stably maintain a differential voltage swing of capacitors despite an influence of an offset voltage and 1/f noise of a comparator, and also generate a dynamic current only at a point in time at which switching is performed, thereby minimizing power consumption.

Abstract: A broadcast signal transmission apparatus and method using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A broadcast signal transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame using the time-interleaved signal; and an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmitter configured to generate a pilot signal that is shared by a core layer corresponding to the core layer signal and an enhanced layer corresponding to the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: A checking method for a processor is provided. The checking method first determines whether a checked processor satisfies a security-sensitive condition including one or more of security-sensitive instruction, processor running mode, security-sensitive input/output operation, security-sensitive application, and user-defined security level. Then, the checking method checks the checked processor according to a determination result, which further includes: when the checked processor satisfies the security-sensitive condition, checking the checked processor according to a first checking mode; and when the checked processor does not satisfy the security-sensitive condition, checking the checked processor according to a second checking mode; wherein for the same running process of the checked processor, a total checking length of the first checking mode is longer than that of the second checking mode. Also provided is a checking device for a processor and a checking system for a processor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to image processing, and more particularly, to a video coding/decoding method using a clipped motion vector and an apparatus thereof. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of decoding an image. The method includes clipping a motion vector of a reference picture in a predetermined dynamic range to generate a clipped motion vector, storing the clipped motion vector in a buffer, deriving a motion vector of a coding treeblock using the motion vector stored in the buffer, and performing inter prediction decoding process using the motion vector of the coding treeblock. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a size of a memory required for storing motion vectors may be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wafer inspection apparatus. The wafer inspection apparatus includes: a magnetic field generating unit forming a magnetic field such that magnetic lines of force flow in a direction perpendicular or parallel to a first surface of a wafer on which a magnetic thin film is formed; a microwave guide unit emitting microwaves to a measurement region that is at least a partial region of the wafer and is a region affected by the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating unit; and a sensing unit receiving waves reflected or transmitted after the microwaves are emitted to the measurement region from the microwave guide unit.

Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes: A peripheral circuit, distributed on a substrate; a plurality of memory cells above the peripheral circuit, each of which includes: a common source region, between the memory cell and the peripheral circuit; a channel layer, distributed in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; at least one substrate contact layer, extending horizontally from the central portion of the channel layer parallel to the surface of the substrate, each comprising at least one substrate contact region; a plurality of insulating layers, located on sidewalls of the channel layer; a plurality of control gates, sandwiched between adjacent insulating layers; a gate dielectric layer, located between the channel layer and the control gates; a drain region, located at top of the channel layer; a substrate contact lead-out line, electrically connected to the substrate contact regions; and a bit line wiring, electrically connected to the drain region of each memory cell and

Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device having a charged punch-through stopper (PTS) layer to reduce punch-through and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device may include a fin structure formed on a substrate; an isolation layer formed on the substrate, wherein a portion of the fin structure above the isolation layer acts as a fin of the semiconductor device; a charged PTS layer formed on side walls of a portion of the fin structure beneath the fin; and a gate stack formed on the isolation layer and intersecting the fin. The semiconductor device may be an n-type device or a p-type device. For the n-type device, the PTS layer may have net negative charges, and for the p-type device, the PTS layer may have net positive charges.

Abstract: A thin film transistor including a flexible substrate, a semiconductor layer, a first gate, and a first gate dielectric layer is provided. The semiconductor layer is located on the flexible substrate. The first gate is located on the flexible substrate and corresponds to a portion of the semiconductor layer. The first gate dielectric layer is located between the first gate and the semiconductor layer. The first gate dielectric layer is in contact with the semiconductor layer, and the hydrogen atom concentration of the first gate dielectric layer is less than 6.5×1020 atoms/cm3. A method of manufacturing the thin film transistor is also provided.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods related to modeling, monitoring, and/or managing metabolism of a subject include measuring a respiratory quotient (RQ) level in a subject and/or optimizing and executing a nonlinear feedback model to model energy substrate utilization in the subject based on at least one of a macronutrient composition and caloric value of food consumed by the subject, an intensity and duration of activity by the subject, a rate and maximum capacity of glycogen storage in the subject, a rate and maximum capacity of de novo lipogenesis in the subject, a quality and duration of sleep by the subject, and/or an RQ level in the subject.

Abstract: Scalable, high throughput and power-efficient electromechanical lysis using low electric potential, which can be used for harvesting valuable intracellular biomolecules (DNA, RNA, and proteins) and metabolites (e.g., biodiesels, bioplastics, antibiotics, and antibodies), and for sterilizing large volume solutions (e.g. disinfection of bacterial contaminated drinking water). The method can be directly integrated with other microfluidic devices for all-in-one, fully integrated total-analysis systems for various bacterial (and cellular) studies and clinical applications.

Abstract: Provided is a pulse radar device including: a TX unit configured to emit a TX pulse according to a single TX clock signal; a multiple-RX units configured to receive echo pulses received through a plurality of RX antennas according to multiple RX clock signals; a pulse radar driving unit configured to generate the single TX clock signal and the multiple RX clock signals using a reference clock signal. The pulse radar driving unit provides the single TX clock signal and the multiple RX clock signals for the TX unit and the multiple-RX unit. The pulse radar driving unit adjusts an RX clock-to-clock delay that is the delay between the multiple RX clock signals so as to adjust a directivity of the multiple-RX unit, and a TX-to-RX delay between the single TX clock signal and the multiple RX clocks signals so as to adjust a detection range.

Abstract: Diazene-directed modular synthesis is described for the preparation Csp2-Csp3 and Csp3-Csp3 linkages where one or more stereogenic quaternary carbon centers are formed. The disclosed methods are directed to the preparation of compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, from compounds of Formula (II): wherein R1-R5 and q are as defined independently for each occurrence herein. A wide variety of compounds can be accessed in this manner, including oligocyclotryptamines, where the stereochemistry of each subunit is beneficially secured before fragment coupling.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new and distinct cannabis cultivar designated as ‘PRIMO CHERRY’. Disclosed herein are main terpenes of ‘PRIMO CHERRY’, which are myrcene, alpha-pinene, hexyl butyrate, beta-pinene, limonene, and linalool. Also, the present invention provides the estimated concentration of the THCmax, CBDmax, and CBGmax, about 12.38-15.24%, about 5.40-7.13%, and about 0.22-0.33%, respectively, at the time of assaying metabolites from flower samples of ‘PRIMO CHERRY’.