Abstract: A focusing solar light guide module includes a lens array plate and a light guide plate. The lens array plate includes at least one lens. Each lens receiving and focusing a sunlight has an upper curved surface and a lower plane surface. The light guide plate has an upper plane surface parallel to the lower plane surface of the lens array plate and a lower microstructure surface. The lower microstructure surface includes at least one depressed area and at least one connection area parallel to the upper plane surface of the light guide plate. The connection area is connected between the adjacent depressed areas having a depressed point, a first inclined plane and a second inclined plane. The first inclined plane and the second inclined plane are respectively connected between the depressed point and the adjacent connection area.

Abstract: A metal/polymer composite material is disclosed, wherein the metal/polymer composite material comprises a polymer base and a metal heat-dissipation layer. The heat-dissipation layer comprises a roughed surface with an isotropic surface roughness. The metal heat-dissipation conformally blankets over the roughed surface.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode including forming an anode on a substrate, forming an organic light-emitting layer on the anode, forming a cathode on the organic light-emitting layer, and forming a light scattering film on the cathode. The light scattering film is a polycrystalline dielectric material composed of anisotropic crystals, and a surface roughness Ra of a top surface of the light scattering film is greater than or equal to about 50 nm by an anisotropic crystal growth of particles of the dielectric material.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to compositions, articles, and methods for down-converting light and other applications. In some embodiments, the articles comprise a substrate and a composition comprising one or more types of polymers and one or more additives. In certain embodiments, the one or more additives comprise a light-emitting dye and/or a diluent matrix.

Abstract: Provided is a motor driving module for controlling a motor including a rotator and a stator, which includes a motor driving unit controlling a plurality of voltages applied to the motor on a basis of a position signal indicating a position of the rotator in response to an external control signal, an analog-to-digital converter detecting a plurality of phase currents applied to the motor to output a plurality of phase current signals, and a position estimating unit detecting the rotator position to output the position signal on a basis of the plurality of phase current signals, and a position calculating unit detecting the rotator position to output the position signal on a basis of the plurality of synchronized phase current signals.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a superconducting wire material having a laminated structure. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a laminated superconducting wire material, comprising the steps of: providing a deposition substrate having a predetermined width; sequentially forming, on the deposition substrate, a laminated structure including a buffer layer, a superconducting layer and a stabilization layer, thereby forming, on both sides of the deposition substrate, regions in which a metal substrate is exposed in the width direction; providing a lamination substrate, having a width corresponding to the deposition substrate, to the laminated structure; and providing solder to the regions, in which the metal substrate is exposed, to thereby bond the deposition substrate and the lamination substrate.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a question-answering system capable of appropriately answering to a non-factoid question.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for a method for measuring a quality of an audio signal in a mobile device. In some examples, the mobile device includes a receiving unit configured to receive an audio signal transmitted from another device; an audio quality measuring unit configured to measure a quality of the received audio signal; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the measured quality of the audio signal to the another device.

Abstract: A medical image generation apparatus includes: a three-dimensional image acquisition unit that acquires a three-dimensional image in which a space including a patient is captured; an imparting unit that imparts, to each of voxels constituting the three-dimensional image, a living-body likelihood coefficient indicating a likelihood of being a living-body region of the patient; an updating unit that updates a luminance value of the voxel in which the imparted living-body likelihood coefficient shows a given value, through predetermined processing; a virtual viewpoint setting unit that sets a virtual viewpoint for transforming the three-dimensional image into a two-dimensional radiation image; and a radiation image generation unit that calculates a luminance value of a pixel constituting the radiation image based on the luminance value of the voxel existing along a line connecting each of the corresponding pixels and the virtual viewpoint.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for forming droplets and/or emulsions. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods comprise two or more components miscible at a first temperature and immiscible at a second temperature, dispersed in an outer phase.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rice whole genome breeding chip and the application thereof. The rice whole genome breeding chip of the present invention is Rice60K, an SNP chip manufactured based on Infinium technique. Each chip can detect 24 samples simultaneously and contains 58,290 SNP sites. The marker sites have DNA sequences represented by SEQ ID NO.1-58290. The chip can be used in molecular marker fingerprint analysis of the rice variety resources, in genotype identification of the hybrid progeny population, in identification of the variety authenticity, in analysis and screening of the genetic background of the breeding materials, and in association analysis of the agronomic traits, having wide application prospects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low power consumption networking method of an 802.15.4e wireless device that takes power used on a 4-20 mA loop, which comprises the following steps: a wireless device taking power in a loop; constructing a wireless network that is oriented to an ultra-low power consumption application; the wireless device implementing unidirectional time synchronization based on the preceding wireless network; on a basis of preceding time synchronization, completing neighbor discovery; the wireless device interacting with the wireless network; and pausing a preceding procedure according to a power monitoring result of an energy storage monitoring module.

Abstract: In a transmitting device, packets are generated that include both preambles and postambles under some network conditions and packets are generated that include only a preamble or a postamble under other network conditions. Both the preamble and the postamble of the packets may include information that can be used by a receiver device in receipt of a packet to determine that a packet has arrived. The information within the preamble and the postamble may also, in some cases, be used to aid in decoding the packet. In some implementations, preambles and postambles are used that follow a format similar to the long and/or short preambles specified in the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking standard.

Abstract: A screen display program causes a mobile terminal to execute an initial screen display procedure that includes displaying a first screen including a first item displayed in a first display mode, an input screen display procedure that includes displaying a second screen configured to receive an input of a value of the first item when the first item is selected on the first screen, and an initial screen update procedure that includes displaying an updated first screen including the first item displayed in a second display mode along with the value of the first item when the value of the first item is input on the second screen.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoelectric material which can increase its anomalous Nernst angle. The thermoelectric material of a magnetic material for a thermoelectric power generation device employs the anomalous Nernst effect, including iron doped with iridium.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel means that allows efficient secretion and production of a target protein in a host cell. This invention concerns a novel polypeptide having an activity of improving the secretion productivity of a target protein, a gene comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding such polypeptide, a vector comprising such gene, a transformant obtained by transforming a host cell with such vector, and a method for producing a protein comprising a step of culturing such transformant and recovering a target protein from the culture product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing in-situ oriented-fiber composite material, the method simultaneously extruding, using thermoplastic members, matrix ingredients and fiber ingredients, and passing same through a nozzle of a set cross-sectional shape, weight and fill ratio of the fiber ingredient, thereby aligning the fiber ingredients within the matrix in one direction one single continuous step, and thus, by means of the production method, the process is shortened, the thinning of the thickness of the oriented-fiber composite material is attained, and particularly, filling, distribution and reinforcement of the fiber within the matrix can be effectively controlled and a high density of the fiber can be attained.

Abstract: There is provided a fiber that includes a fiber material disposed along a longitudinal-axis fiber length. A porous domain has a porous domain length along at least a portion of the fiber length, within the fiber material. The porous domain includes solid-phase material regions and fluid-phase interstitial regions that are both along the porous domain length and across the porous domain, for multi-dimensional porosity of the porous domain.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for adjusting a transmission time point of at least one second terminal in a wireless network by a first terminal. In the method for adjusting a transmission time point of a terminal, a transmission time point of the second terminal is set, a first frame including information regarding the transmission time point is transmitted to the second terminal, a first response frame transmitted according to the transmission time point from the second terminal is received, and the transmission time point is adjusted according to an arrival time of the first response frame.

Abstract: A negative electrode mixture for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell according to the present invention includes: a negative electrode active material; a conductive assistant; and a binder. The binder contains a copolymer of vinyl alcohol and an alkali metal-neutralized product of ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid.