Abstract: Provided herein are phenylboronate containing co-polymers (PCC), compositions containing PCC and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), such compositions further including proteins, methods of making these compositions by water in oil polymerization, and methods of using the protein containing compositions for releasing proteins. Such phenylboronate containing co-polymers are of Formula I: where m, n, p, x, R1-R5, L, X1 and X2 are defined in the application.

Abstract: An oxide dispersion strengthening (ODS) method of a metallic material using a laser is provided, which includes melting a surface of a metallic matrix placed on a movable stage by irradiating a laser onto the surface (step 1), supplying an oxide dispersion strengthening (ODS) powder at a site of the matrix surface which is melt at step 1 (step 2), and cooling the matrix in which the ODS powder is supplied at step 2 (step 3). Because oxide particles are directly supplied into previously-made sheet or tube matrix, fabrication process is simplified, fabrication cost is reduced, and end product is fabricated efficiently.

Abstract: There is provided a display device for controlling rotation of content displayed on a display panel, including: a display panel on which the content is displayed; a sensor configured to measure a pitch ? and a roll ? of the display device, wherein the pitch ? is a degree to which the display device is tilted with respect to a horizontal plane by an up-down rotation, and the roll ? is a degree to which the display device is tilted with respect to the horizontal plane by a left-right rotation; and a control processor configured to determine whether or not to rotate the content or to control a rotation speed of the content displayed on the display panel, according to at least one of the pitch ? and the roll ?.

Abstract: A vaccine composition for birds comprising as an active ingredient a structure containing O-antigen derived from Gram-negative bacteria, provided that said structure does not contain a whole cell, and a process for preparing the same are provided. By using a structure containing O-antigen (e.g. lipopolysaccharide) derived from Gram-negative bacteria as an active ingredient in accordance with the present invention, alleviation of inoculation reaction and reduction in an amount of injection are attained as compared to the conventional whole-cells vaccine to thereby allow for the increase in the number of other antigens to be mixed therewith.

Abstract: A test method for an interposer is provided. The interposer includes a plurality of conductive lines therein and a plurality of connecting contacts thereon, wherein the connecting contacts are electrically connected to the conductive lines. The test method for an interposer provides a passive transponder device. The passive transponder device includes a first circuit including an open/short test circuit and at least a pair of connecting contacts. The test method for an interposer includes contacting the connecting contacts of the first circuit in the passive transponder device with the selected contacts on the interposer to form a checking area and conducting an open-circuit or short-circuit test for the interposer through the checking area.

Abstract: An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: deriving neighboring prediction mode information from a left neighboring prediction mode and a top neighboring prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for a target unit to be decoded, using the derived neighboring prediction mode information; and performing intra prediction for the target unit to be decoded, based on the intra prediction mode. According to the present invention, video encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.

Abstract: A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode includes: a first resonator that has a plurality of semiconductor layers comprising a first current narrowing structure having a first conductive region and a first non-conductor region; a first electrode that supplies electric power to drive the first resonator; a second resonator that has a plurality of semiconductor layers comprising a second current narrowing structure having a second conductive region and a second non-conductive region and that is formed side by side with the first resonator, the second current narrowing structure being formed in same current narrowing layer as the layer where the first current narrowing structure is formed; and a coupling portion as defined herein; and an equivalent refractive index of the coupling portion is smaller than an equivalent refractive index of each of the first resonator and the second resonator.

Abstract: Ferromagnetic cores made from amorphous glasses and methods of forming ferromagnetic cores from metallic glasses are provided. The method forms a magnetic core from a section of a series of concentrically nested ferromagnetic tubes formed of an amorphous metallic material having a Curie-point temperature above room temperature and demonstrating soft ferromagnetic properties, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process and improving the electrical and mechanical performance of the core itself.

Abstract: A packet analysis apparatus and method and a VPN server, which secure evidence against a situation in which a hacker disguises a packet as a normal packet to make an attack using a VPN server as a router. The packet analysis apparatus includes a packet classification unit for gathering and classifying packets which are used between a host and the VPN server and plaintext packets which are used between the VPN server and a target. A first comparative analysis unit compares contents of an encapsulated IP datagram of each encrypted VPN packet, obtained by decrypting the encrypted VPN packet, with contents of a plaintext IP datagram included in each plaintext packet and present for a target to which the host desires to transfer the encrypted VPN packet. A second comparative analysis unit compares lengths of the encapsulated IP datagram and the plaintext IP datagram with each other.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to Compounds of Formulae (IA) and (IB): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, Xa, Xb, Xc, Xd, Y, X2, and X4 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Compound of Formula (IA) and/or (IB), and methods to treat or prevent a condition, such cancer which overexpresses Her-kinases, comprising administering to an patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a Compound of Formula (IA) or (IB). The disclosure further relates to compounds of Formulae (IA) and IB) in which X2 is a leaving for introducing a radiolabeled atom, such as 124I or 131I and to methods of using such compounds in the preparation of radiolabeled compounds, particularly for use in imaging.

Abstract: A device may include an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object in front of the image sensor, an image analyzer configured to analyze the captured image to calculate a transmittance of a light that is transmitted from outside of the object to the image sensor via the object, a command mapper configured to translate the transmittance into a command, and an executor configured to execute the command.

Abstract: A capacitive shear force sensor and a method for fabricating thereof are provided. The capacitive shear force sensor includes a first electric field shielding layer, a second electric field shielding layer, a driving electrode, a first sensing electrode, a second sensing electrode and a dielectric layer. The second electric field shielding layer is disposed under the first electric field shielding layer. The driving electrode is disposed between the first electric field shielding layer and the second electric field shielding layer. The first and the second sensing electrodes are disposed between the driving electrode and the second electric field shielding layer. The dielectric layer is disposed between the driving electrode and the first sensing electrode, and between the driving electrode and the second sensing electrode. The first sensing electrode and the driving electrode form a first capacitor. The second sensing electrode and the driving electrode form a second capacitor.

Abstract: A field emission device and a method of driving the multi-electrode field emission device having a single driving power source are disclosed. The field emission device includes a cathode electrode, one or more gate electrodes, a voltage division unit, and a power source unit. The cathode electrode is figured such that at least one emitter is formed thereon. The gate electrodes are disposed between an anode electrode and the cathode electrode, and each have one or more openings through which electrons emitted from the emitter can pass. The voltage division unit has one or more divider resistors, and divides a voltage applied from the power source unit using the divider resistors and then applies partial voltages to the one or more gate electrodes. The power source unit includes a single power source, and applies the voltage to the voltage division unit.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease utilize a combination of amyloid-beta protein or a fragment thereof and a heat shock protein or a fragment thereof.

Abstract: Methods and devices relating to measuring a landing position and mass of an analyte adsorbed to a nanomechanical resonator by resolving adsorbate-induced frequency shifts in at least two modes of a resonator resonance frequency, where during the resolving of the frequency shifts in the at least two modes analysis is so that the transformation (G) from the fractional-frequency shift pair to the analyte mass-position pair is one-to-one. Complex protein mixtures can be analyzed at high sensitivity and resolution.

Abstract: The quasicrystal phase and/or quasicrystal-like phase particles, which is composed of the Mg—Zn—Al, are dispersed into Mg-base alloy material for strain working. The microstructure in this material does not include the dendrite structure, and the size of the magnesium matrix is 40 ?m or less than 40 ?m. The present invention shows that the quasicrystal phase and/or quasicrystal-like phase is able to form by addition of the Zn and Al elements except for the use of rare earth elements. In addition, the excellent trade-off-balancing between strength and ductility and reduction of the yield anisotropy, which are the serious issues for the wrought processed magnesium alloys, is able to obtain by the microstructure controls before the strain working process.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a ruthenium complex represented by formula (1a), (2), (3), etc., which is useful for producing a ruthenium-containing thin film both under the conditions using an oxidizing gas as the reaction gas and under the conditions using a reducing gas as the reaction gas: wherein R1a to R7a, R8, R9 and R10 to R18 represents an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 6, etc., and n represents an integer of 0 to 2.

Abstract: Disclosed is a PLGA (poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide)) cell scaffold. The cell scaffold is based on a PLGA scaffold, which is an FDA-approved material with no cytotoxicity, and overcomes the problem with conventional PLGA scaffolds of poor cell adhesion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power control driving device which includes a sine wave signal generating unit; a control signal converting unit configured to convert a sine wave from the sine wave signal generating unit into a multi-bit control signal; and a three-phase inverter circuit configured to output a voltage varied by the multi-bit control signal from the control signal converting unit. The control signal converting unit includes a multi-bit sigma-delta modulator configured to convert an analog sine wave into a digital signal. The three-phase inverter circuit includes a plurality of switch units, on-off states of the plurality of switch units being controlled according to the multi-bit control signal from the control signal converting unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hair dye product, in particular to a hair dye product comprising at least two natural dye substances, and the use of the at least two natural dye substances in human or animal hair dyeing or in preparation of hair dye product for human or animal, wherein at least one of the natural dye substances displays yellow or yellowish brown color series; preferably, the natural dye substance displaying the yellow or yellowish brown color series is selected from quercetin or a derivative thereof, or an extract containing the quercetin or the derivative thereof, or a mixture thereof. The at least two natural dye substances of the invention are combined as dyeing ingredient, compared with those used alone, the range of the color is very different, and the color of the dyed hair is natural, which is yellowish black and consistent with human real hair, moreover, the hair dyeing effect is stable and the color is not easy to fade.