Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining an optimal energy window for optimal positron emission tomography (PET) is disclosed. An optimal energy window determining apparatus may include a data corrector configured to correct data measured from an image quality phantom, an image quality measurer configured to measure an image quality for the corrected data, and an optimal energy window determiner configured to determine the optimal energy window based on the measured image quality. The data corrector may correct the measured data based on a difference between sensitivities measured using different radiopharmaceuticals in at least one energy window.

Abstract: According to a method and system for real-time malware detection based on web browser plugin, the method and system may connect a web server of a web site through a web browser module, execute a security module through a browser plugin of the web site, update a database for a browser cache of the web site from the web server by the security module, cache a web content of the web site from the web server, match cache data of the web content with the database, and warn about the web content if data matched with the cache data of the web content does not exist in the database.

Abstract: A heterojunction solar cell with an epitaxial silicon thin film and a method for preparing the same are revealed. Low-cost upgraded metallurgical grade silicon (UMG-Si) wafers have been used as the substrates to manufacture solar cells so as to reduce the amount of high-purity silicon materials used. First an epitaxial silicon thin film is disposed over a UMG-Si wafer. Then other layers such as an amorphous silicon thin film, a transparent conductive film, etc. are arranged to form a solar cell having heterojunction with an intrinsic thin-layer (HIT) structure. Due to reduce in using high-purity silicon materials, the manufacturing cost of the heterojunction solar cell with an epitaxial silicon thin film is significantly decreased.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods related to conformationally stabilizing primate immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein trimers.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for treating a active tuberculosis infection and methods and compositions for improving the efficacy of chemotherapy regimens against active tuberculosis infection. The present disclosure relates to methods of treating an active M. tuberculosis infection or an active infection resulting from reactivation of a latent infection in a mammal and to methods of improving the efficacy of chemotherapy regimens against active M. tuberculosis infection.

Abstract: A depth map aligning method and a system are provided. The depth map aligning method includes the following steps. A view warping is performed to a left-view image and a right-view image of a real-view image according to a corresponding depth map to obtain a right-virtual view image, a left hole information, and a right hole information thereof. A residual difference of pixel, which is not a hole, is obtained by pixel to pixel. If the residual difference of the pixel is larger than a first threshold value, a reverse warping is performed to obtain a coordinate of the pixel. The depth value of the pixel is aligned according to the depth value of one or more pixels in a vicinity of the obtained coordinate.

Abstract: A clinometer including a base plate and a compass which is mounted on the base plate and can measure a strike and a dip angle. The compass includes a first case which is rotationally provided on the base plate so as to move a strike scale indicated on the rim of the compass to a certain position and a second case which is provided in the first case, and which is fixed on the base plate so as to fix a dip scale indicated on the rim of the compass at a certain position.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to lenses, devices, methods and/or systems for addressing refractive error. Certain embodiments are directed to changing or controlling the wavefront of the light entering a human eye. The lenses, devices, methods and/or systems can be used for correcting, addressing, mitigating or treating refractive errors and provide excellent vision at distances encompassing far to near without significant ghosting. The refractive error may for example arise from myopia, hyperopia, or presbyopia with or without astigmatism. Certain disclosed embodiments of lenses, devices and/or methods include embodiments that address foveal and/or peripheral vision. Exemplary of lenses in the fields of certain embodiments include contact lenses, corneal onlays, corneal inlays, and lenses for intraocular devices both anterior and posterior chamber, accommodating intraocular lenses, electro-active spectacle lenses and/or refractive surgery.

Abstract: Provided is a nitride semiconductor device including: a substrate having through via holes; first and second nitride semiconductor layers sequentially stacked on the substrate; drain electrodes and source electrodes provided on the second nitride semiconductor layer; and an insulating pattern provided on the second nitride semiconductor layer, the insulating pattern having upper via holes provided on the drain electrodes, wherein the through via holes are extended into the first and second nitride semiconductor layers and expose a bottom of each of the source electrodes.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hydrophobic antifouling coating material, including: (a) mixing a sol-gel precursor, water, an aqueous colloidal silica suspension, and a catalyst to perform a sol-gel reaction to form a solution having particles therein, wherein the sol-gel reaction is performed without addition of any organic solvent; (b) chemically modifying the particles with a hydrophobic agent to form surface-modified particles; and (c) adding a surfactant to the solution containing the surface-modified particles to form a hydrophobic antifouling coating material. The hydrophobic antifouling coating material can be dispersed in an aqueous solution, and has properties such as low VOC (Volatile organic compound) value, high solid content, and high stability.

Abstract: An electric conduction heat dissipation substrate includes a ceramic substrate, and a seed layer, and a buffering material layer and a copper circuit layer formed thereon in order. The buffering material layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion between those of the ceramic substrate and the copper circuit layer. Moreover, the buffering material layer is composed of alloy material and ceramic material or composed of metal material and ceramic material.

Abstract: A light emitting element is provided, including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an organic light emitting layer sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The organic light emitting layer is patterned to include a plurality of light emitting blocks with different densities. In an embodiment, the light emitting blocks are divided into a plurality of light emitting block groups that are arranged in an alternate manner. In another embodiment, a light emitting element includes a first electrode layer, a first organic light emitting layer, a charge generating layer, a second organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode layer sequentially stacked on one another. The first and second organic light emitting layer are patterned to form a plurality of first and second light emitting blocks with different densities, respectively. Thus, the light emitting element generates full-color, gray-scale, three-dimensional, or dynamic images.

Abstract: A glasses type device with an operating means on a rim and a user input method using the same are provided. The glasses type device includes: a touch sensor provided on a rim of a frame of a glasses shape; and a processor configured to process a user operation which is input through the touch sensor. Accordingly, the touch sensors for inputting a user operation are located on the rim of the glasses frame for fixing lenses, so that intuitive various user operations can be performed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for assessing subgrade corrosion is disclosed. The apparatus is configured to assess soil corrosivity and subgrade corrosion of a structure without disturbing the site where the structure resides and includes a probe having a plurality of electrodes and sensors configured to conduct environmental and corrosion measurements at the site, and a controller having a potentiostat contained therein to determine a corrosion rate at the site, wherein the corrosion rate provides an indicator of the amount of corrosion of the structure over time.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical router based on dynamic wavelength assignment, for receiving data signals and an aggregate control signal from servers, and comprising a modulation module and a wavelength selection module, which comprises a multi-wavelength light source for generating an input carrier having wavelengths, and a carrier processing unit for separating the input carrier into carriers and for guiding the carriers to the modulating units based on the aggregate control signal. The modulation module comprises an optical coupler and modulating units in one-to-one correspondence with the servers. Each modulating unit is adapted for receiving the data signal from the corresponding server and for modulating the received carrier into an optical signal based on the data signal. The optical coupler is adapted for aggregating the optical signals into an aggregate optical signal.

Abstract: A graphene thin film with folded configuration including a plurality of sheet layers is provided. Any two adjacent sheet layers are separated by a distance. Each of the sheet layers has a first side and a second side corresponding to the first side. At least one first connecting portion and at least one second connecting portion are alternately arranged on both sides of the sheet layers. One of the at least one first connecting portions connects the first side of an Nth sheet layer and the first side of the (N?1)th sheet layer, and one of the at least one second connecting portions connects the second side of the Nth sheet layer and the second side of the (N+1)th sheet layer. The sheet layers, the at least one first connecting portion, and the at least one second connecting portion form a continuous graphene thin film.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an anti-human alpha-enolase (ENO1) antibody, which can bind the peptides, comprising amino-acid sequence 296FD Q D D W G A W Q K F TA309 (SEQ ID: #9) and/or 326K R I A K A V N EK S336 (SEQ ID: #10) of human ENO1 protein (GenBank: AAH50642.1), has a favorable binding activity (the binding affinity is around 2.19×10-10 mol/L) and a remarkable capability to inhibit the cell invasion and tumor metastasis of a varied of tumors. The recognized peptides and antibody of the invention are useful for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of cancers that have been reported to express cell-surface ENO1 such as including lung, breast, pancreas, liver, colorectal, prostate cancers and solid tumors.

Abstract: Provided is a caption replacement service system and method for servicing an interactive advertisement on a video on demand (VOD). A system for making an annotation may include an annotation creator configured to create annotation information on a moving object included in a video and an annotation player configured to play a preview on the annotation information based on a frame unit or a shot unit of the video. The video and the annotation information may be used to provide an interactive advertisement by replacing a caption system of the video with a meaningful annotation.

Abstract: A nitride semiconductor structure including a silicon substrate, a nucleation layer, a buffer layer and a nitride semiconductor layer is provided. The nucleation layer is disposed on the silicon substrate. The buffer layer is disposed on the nucleation layer, in which the buffer layer includes n sub-buffer layers where n?2, and each of the sub-buffer layers has island structures. The nitride semiconductor layer is disposed on the buffer layer.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an apparatus of providing augmented reality, comprising an image obtaining unit obtaining an image including objects, a location information extracting unit obtaining location information on the image, a candidate object extracting unit extracting a target object by analyzing features of a subject in the image, defining the objects in a space as candidate objects, and extracting information on directions of the candidate objects from a center of the image, a final candidate object determining unit determining a final candidate object using the location information on the image, the directions of the candidate objects, and each relationship in phase between the objects, and an object information extracting unit searching information on the final candidate object based on the location information on the final candidate object in a space information database and displaying the information on the final candidate object on the image.