Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial hip joint replacement system. The system includes an acetabulum portion comprising a cup suitable to be received by a subject's acetabular bone. The cup includes a rigid portion and an elastic portion attached to the rigid portion. Also included in the system is a ball received within the cup and in contact with the elastic portion and a femoral stem attached to the ball. The elastic portion is positioned to cause expansion and contraction of a space between the ball and the rigid portion of the cup so they are further apart from one another during periods of low mechanical loads.

Abstract: There has been a need for coelenterazine analogs that exhibit luminescence properties different from those of known coelenterazine analogs. The present invention provides the compound represented by general formula (1).

Abstract: A novel fiber optic modal multiplexed data communication system is shown and claimed, wherein an optical fiber end structure may comprise a truncated cylindrical wedge that is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber, and further comprises a lip that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the optical fiber on both ends of the fiber. The system and method of the invention may comprise at least one but preferably a plurality of laser transmitters to illuminate an optical fiber and at least one but preferably a plurality of optical detectors to detect radiated standing wave and linear polarized modes emanating from the fiber end face. The laser transmitters may be modulated to carry information to at least one receiver, and may comprise Forward Error Correction encoding. The invention may employ single, few mode or multimode optical fibers.

Abstract: A power supply including: a first rectifying unit rectifying an AC voltage into a DC voltage; a power factor correction (PFC) circuit increasing a level of the DC voltage to improve a power factor; a first converter converting the DC voltage with the corrected power factor to generate an output DC voltage; and a power conversion circuit converting electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated in the first converter into a reproducing voltage is provided.

Abstract: Provided herein is a feedback amplifier including an amplifier circuit configured to amplify an input signal input from an input terminal and output the amplified input signal to an output terminal; a feedback circuit configured to apply a feedback resistance value to a signal output to the output terminal, and to control a gain of the amplifier circuit by adjusting the input signal by a bias voltage applied with a feedback resistance value determined; a packet signal sensor configured to generate a fixed resistance control signal for controlling a fixed resistance value included in the feedback resistance value through a comparison between the output from the output terminal with a minimum signal level; and a fixed resistance controller configured to control the fixed resistance value included in the feedback resistance value in response to the fixed resistance control signal.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an encoding apparatus using a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) scanning, which includes a mode selection means for selecting an optimal mode for intra prediction; an intra prediction means for performing intra prediction onto video inputted based on the mode selected in the mode selection means; a DCT and quantization means for performing DCT and quantization onto residual coefficients of a block outputted from the intra prediction means; and an entropy encoding means for performing entropy encoding onto DCT coefficients acquired from the DCT and quantization by using a scanning mode decided based on pixel similarity of the residual coefficients.

Abstract: The method provides methods and compositions for treating metabolic disorders such as impaired glucose tolerance, elevated blood glucose, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, obesity, and fatty liver.

Abstract: A copolymer, and a method for preparing a monomer used to form the copolymer are provided. The copolymer is a reaction product of a first monomer and a second monomer. In particular, the first monomer has a structure represented by Formula (I), and the second monomer has a structure represented by Formula (II), Formula (III), or Formula (IV) wherein Y is —NH2, or —CO2H; m is a positive integer from 2 to 10; X is independently —NH2, or —OH; A is ?CH2?n, n is a positive integer from 2 to 10; and, l is a positive integer from 1 to 5.

Abstract: Provided is a method for fabricating an electronic device, the method including: preparing a carrier substrate including an element region and a wiring region; forming a sacrificial layer on the carrier substrate; forming an electronic element on the sacrificial layer of the element region; forming a first elastic layer having a corrugated surface on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a metal wirings electrically connecting the electronic element thereto, on the first elastic layer of the wiring region; forming a second elastic layer covering the metal wirings, on the first elastic layer; forming a high rigidity pattern filling in a recess of the second elastic layer above the electronic element so as to overlap the electronic element, and having a corrugated surface; forming a third elastic layer on the second elastic layer and the high rigidity pattern; and separating the carrier substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding images based on constrained offset compensation and a loop filter. The image decoding apparatus: receives, from an encoder, a first indicator indicating whether a sequence, a picture, a frame, a slice, a coding unit (CU), a prediction unit (PU), and/or a transform unit (TU) supports constrained offset compensation; receives, from the encoder, a second indicator indicating whether constrained sample adaptive offset (SAO) compensation or an adaptive loop filter (ALF) is applied; receives a parameter from the encoder; and applies the SAO compensation or the ALF to pixels of a restored image on the basis of the second indicator and the parameter.

Abstract: A chimeric protein of HPV-L2 peptide and HBs protein wherein the HPV-L2 peptide is (1) a peptide consisting of the core sequence region of 20 amino acid residues, (2) a peptide inside the core sequence region comprising 6 amino acid residues Gly-Gly-Leu-Gly-Ile-Gly or (3) a peptide consisting of 70 or less amino acid residues obtained by adding an amino acid sequence derived from HPV L2 protein at the N-terminal and/or the C-terminal of the core sequence region; and a vaccine for HPV infection and/or hepatitis B comprising the chimeric protein as an active ingredient. A vaccine comprising the chimeric protein of the present invention is the one that has an increased expression level in a host, an enhanced immune ability (early antibody induction) and a broader spectrum effective for a number of HPV types.

Abstract: Provided is a combustion pretreatment-isotope dilution mass spectrometry measuring concentration of a target element for detection contained in a target sample for detection by using an isotope dilution mass spectrometry, including: pretreating the target sample for detection by combustion during an isotope dilution mass spectrometry, to thereby stabilize an isotope and further improve analysis ability, and therefore, the present invention is expected to be utilized as an element analysis method surpassing accuracy of the existing mass spectrometry method.

Abstract: A method of electroplating a cobalt alloy to a wiring surface includes providing a substrate having a metal wiring; electroplating a cobalt-based alloy to the metal wiring at a deposition rate of 15-30 ?m/hr to form thereon a cobalt-based alloy electroplated layer 0.5 ?m-5 ?m thick, wherein the main constituent element of the cobalt-based alloy is cobalt; plating gold to the cobalt-based alloy electroplated layer to form thereon a gold plated layer 0.03 ?m-0.3 ?m thick. The surface of the cobalt-based alloy electroplated layer features a crystalline-phase structure full of micro-protuberances, and the thickness of the gold plated layer is reduced to 0.03 ?m.

Abstract: A friction stir welding tool includes that a body and a pin formed integrally with the body at one end thereof. The body and pin further include a first material and a second material; wherein the first material further includes a molybdenum-based refractory alloy; and wherein the second material further includes hafnium, lanthanum, carbon, titanium, zirconium, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: Thermo-adsorptive batteries can provide the heating and cooling functions by taking advantage of the reversible adsorption/desorption cycles involving the pair of the zeolite adsorbent and condensable vapor adsorbate.

Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle wireless sensor network system and an operating method thereof. The vehicle wireless sensor network system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one vehicle wireless sensor node that is mounted in a vehicle and detects information about the vehicle in an arbitrary position of the vehicle, and a vehicle base station that collects information from the vehicle wireless sensor node and an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle, generates an information collection command based on the information collected from the ECU of the vehicle to transmit the generated information collection command to the vehicle wireless sensor node to perform the generated information collection command, and selectively transmits sensor information collected from the vehicle wireless sensor node to the ECU of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an absolute position detection system. More particularly the present invention relates to a system for detecting an absolute position on a vehicle travel path.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for protecting a hydrogen separation membrane from particulate contaminants in the process of producing or purifying hydrogen by using the separation membrane. The protection layer, wherein a cermet is formed by coating a ceramic and a metal able to cause surface movement of hydrogen molecules and hydrogen atoms to the surface of the separation membrane, plays the role of blocking contact between the separation membrane and particles (contaminant or catalyst) contained in the gas. In this way, it is possible to improve the durability of the hydrogen separation membrane and to minimize effects on the hydrogen permeability of the separation membrane.

Abstract: The invention provides, in certain embodiments, a method of preventing and/or treating peritoneal injury and/or diminished function by administering an effective amount of one or more inhibitors of JAK. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition including a JAK inhibitor for the treatment of peritoneal injury and/or diminished function. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of detecting an indicator of peritoneal injury. The method entails assaying a biological sample for periostin, wherein the presence of periostin at an elevated level indicates the presence and/or degree of peritoneal injury. Also provided, are methods of identifying subject for treatment of peritoneal injury and/or diminished function, methods of determining progression of these conditions, as well as methods of determining subjects' response to treatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device and methods of use thereof in microscale particle capturing and particle pairing. This invention provides particle patterning device, which mechanically traps individual particles within first chambers of capture units, transfer the particles to second chambers of opposing capture units, and traps a second type of particle in the same second chamber. The device and methods allow for high yield assaying of trapped cells, high yield fusion of trapped, paired cells, for controlled binding of particles to cells and for specific chemical reactions between particle interfaces and particle contents. The device and method provide means of identification of the particle population and a facile route to particle collection.