Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reference material for determining incorporation of a genetically modified (GM) plant into a sample or analyzing a mixing ratio from a tissue-cultured cell line that is obtained by incubating tissues of either a GM plant or a non-GM plant, and a method of determining incorporation of a GM plant into a sample and analyzing a mixing ratio using the reference material are provided. The reference material for determining the incorporation of a genetically modified (GM) plant a sample or analyzing a mixing ratio using the tissue-cultured cell lines that are obtained by incubating tissues of the GM plant and the non-GM plant can be useful in producing a countless number of populations having the same genetic traits via the tissue culture. Thus, when a culture capacity of the reference material is increased to a large volume, it is possible to obtain a large volume of the reference material having uniform qualities with no quality variation between batches.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of radio coverage extension and a base station using the same method. According to one of the exemplary embodiments, the base station transmits system information in a radio frame through a broadcast channel and selects a payload structure of repetitive system information from a plurality of predefined payload structures that includes the first payload structure and a second payload structure. The size of first payload structure is greater than the size of second payload structure. The base station transmits within the same radio frame a plurality of the repetitive system information having the payload structure through the broadcast channel in response to transmitting the system information. If the first payload structure mode is selected, there are N1 repetitive system information. If the second payload structure is selected, there are N2 repetitive system information where N2 is smaller than or equal to N1.

Abstract: A voltage compensation circuit and a control method thereof dynamically compensate a voltage drop caused by supplying power from a first power line to a function circuit. The voltage compensation circuit includes an amplifier, a detection module and a boosting module. The amplifier has an inverting input end coupled to the first power line and the function circuit to be supplied with a load voltage supplying to the function circuit, a non-inverting input end for being supplied with a reference voltage, and an output end coupled to the detection module to output a comparison signal. The boosting module is coupled between the detection module and the inverting input end of the amplifier. The detection module generates compensation voltage information according to the comparison signal. The boosting module outputs the compensation voltage to the inverting input end of the amplifier according to the compensation voltage information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a CD81 and OCLN double transgenic mouse and its construction method and use. The double transgenic mouse can be used to constitute acute and chronic HCV infection in a mouse model.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a display backlight unit and its light down conversion film. The light down conversion film may include a quantum-dot layer sandwiched between input substrate and an exit substrate. First and second refractive asymmetric micro-prisms are disposed on two opposite input and first exit surfaces of the input substrate, respectively. On the input surface of the input substrate, multiple arrays of the asymmetric refractive asymmetric micro-prisms preserve the large off-axis angle of incident light with first wavelength. On the first exit surface of the input substrate, multiple arrays of the refractive asymmetric micro-prisms increase the reflectance of the large incident angle light. A second exit surface of the exit substrate includes refractive symmetric micro-prisms. The refractive asymmetric micro-prisms of the input substrate and the refractive asymmetric micro-prisms of the exit substrate have rounded tips and valleys for enhancing refraction of the first light and the second light.

Abstract: A fault-tolerant system including a calculation unit and an output synthesizer is provided. The calculation unit receives a first environmental parameter and input data, wherein the calculation unit further includes a first and a second calculation circuits. The first calculation circuit is arranged to perform a calculation on the input data in response to the first environmental parameter to generate a first calculation result. The second calculation circuit is different from the first calculation circuit, and arranged to perform the calculation on the input data in response to the first environmental parameter to generate a second calculation result. The output synthesizer selects a first and a second set of bits from the first and the second calculation result according to a control signal, and synthesizes the first set of bits and the second set of bits in sequence to generate an adjusted calculation result.

Abstract: Provided is chemically and thermally stable phosphor having light-emitting characteristics different from the conventional phosphor and high emission intensity when combined with LED of not exceeding 470 nm. The phosphor comprises inorganic compound having crystal represented by A2(D,E)5X9; crystal represented by Ca2Si5O3N6; or inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure as crystal represented by Ca2Si5O3N6, which includes A, D, E, and X elements (A is one or more kinds selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba; D is one or more kinds selected from Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, and Hf; E is one or more kinds selected from B, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, and La; and X is one or more kinds selected from O, N, and F), in which M element (M is one or more kinds of elements selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, and Yb) is solid-solved.

Abstract: A therapeutic or diagnostic instrument includes first and second shaped wire members and that can be simultaneously inserted into a catheter tube and has predetermined bending elasticity, in which the first and second shaped wire members and are adapted to respectively have first and second curving parts that curve in a natural state, and when inserted into the catheter tube, curve the catheter tube at two desired positions correspondingly with the first and second curving parts.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are described herein for inducing reprogramming of non-pluripotent cells across lineage and differentiation boundaries to generate endodermal progenitor cells and hepatocytes. Compositions and methods for expansion of endodermal progenitor cells without loss of phenotype are also described herein.

Abstract: A particulate pump includes a posimetric rotary drive that has a hub affixed to a pair of discs. The posimetric rotary drive and chain together provides a working surface for a coal plug against a wall. A chain has a plurality of overlapping links and is integral with the hub.

Abstract: Method are described for inhibiting movement of a bodily fluid and/or contaminants on or in an animal comprising administering to the animal self-assembling peptidomimetics, including ?-peptides, ?-peptides, ?-peptides, and/or ?-peptides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyimide-based macromolecular compound which is produced by using DOCDA and one or more diamines selected from the group consisting of MDA, ODA, PDA, TDA, TrMPD, TeMPD and MBCA; and a gas-separation asymmetrical hollow-fiber membrane comprising the same. The polyimide-based macromolecular compound according to the present invention can advantageously be used in the production of a gas-separation hollow-fiber membrane having an asymmetrical structure since the said compound is highly viscous due to a high molecular weight in addition to having outstanding gas permeability and high selectivity while having excellent high heat resistance, chemical resistance, and mechanical properties and being outstandingly soluble in polar organic solvents.

Abstract: A process for removal of heavy metals at contamination level (50-500 mg/L) using ultrasonic energy and electrolysis, as a measure to decontaminate industrial waste, is described.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for thermochemically transforming biomass or other oxygenated feedstocks into high quality liquid hydrocarbon fuels. In particular, a catalytic hydropyrolysis reactor, containing a deep bed of fluidized catalyst particles is utilized to accept particles of biomass or other oxygenated feedstocks that are significantly smaller than the particles of catalyst in the fluidized bed. The reactor features an insert or other structure disposed within the reactor vessel that inhibits slugging of the bed and thereby minimizes attrition of the catalyst. Within the bed, the biomass feedstock is converted into a vapor-phase product, containing hydrocarbon molecules and other process vapors, and an entrained solid char product, which is separated from the vapor stream after the vapor stream has been exhausted from the top of the reactor.

Abstract: A method and kit for determining a nucleic acid is provided, including: providing magnetic nanoparticles and detectable nanoparticles to the sample, wherein the magnetic nanoparticles and detectable nanoparticles respectively contain oligonucleotides attached thereto, and the detectable nanoparticles contain at least one kind of nanoparticles with detectable signals distinct from the others, and the oligonucleotides attached on each kind of the detectable nanoparticles are complementary to a region of one of the nucleic acids in the sample; reacting the magnetic and detectable nanoparticles with the sample; and detecting signals from each kind of the detectable nanoparticles for determining the nucleic acid for each in the sample.

Abstract: A method for testing mainframe performance of different types of PD detectors based on analog voltage signal injection, the method comprises: using a function generator (19) with an adjustable output frequency of 0 to 3.5 GHz and an adjustable output amplitude of 0 to 10V, directly injecting or injecting via a DC blocking element (28) with a frequency band of 10 kHz to 10 MHz equivalent analog voltage signals generated by said function generator (19) based on PD waveforms actually tested by a pulse current PD detection sensor (6), an ultrasound PD detection sensor (12,13) and a UHF PD detection sensor (9) into mainframes of a pulse current PD detector, an ultrasound PD detector and a UHF PD detector respectively. The advantages are that the test method is universalized and standardized, the test result is reproducible and measurable, the application scope of the test object is wide, and the test content is comprehensive.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.

Abstract: A sensor network system is provided with a plurality of sensor terminals disposed in a predetermined area, and a monitoring center device that collects sensing data wirelessly transmitted from each of the plurality of sensor terminals. The sensor terminals wirelessly and intermittently transmit a transmission signal including sensor identification information and the latest sensing data from the sensors. The monitoring center device has the function of acquiring positional information of the sensor terminals in the predetermined area, and accumulates each item of the sensing data from the sensor terminals as time-series data in association with information about the time of acquisition. On the basis of the positional information of the sensor terminals and the time-series data of the accumulated sensing data, a time-series variation of an environmental element in the predetermined area is visually presented.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technology that enables an access point, configured to manage a network, to control a transmission schedule of buffered data and enables a terminal to obtain information associated with the transmission schedule in a wireless local area network (WLAN) environment. An apparatus for controlling a transmission schedule of buffered data in a WLAN according to an embodiment may group terminals based on at least one of a service characteristic and a traffic characteristic of each of the terminals, assign group information to each of the grouped groups to wake up in a different time, and transmit at least one of delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) information and the buffered data based on the assigned group information.

Abstract: A method of enhancing binding of cells to an integrin-binding ligand comprises treating integrin-expressing cells in vitro with an agonist of integrin, wherein the integrin is selected from the group consisting of ?4?1, ?5?1, ?4?7, ?v?3 and ?L?2, and contacting the treated cells with an integrin-binding ligand; integrin agonist compounds having the general formula I; methods of treating integrin-expressing cells with such agonists to enhance binding; and therapeutic methods comprising administering agonist-treated cells or agonist compounds to a mammal.