Abstract: Textured surface for increasing Leidenfrost temperature. The texture comprises of surface features over multiple length scales—from micro to nanoscale—wherein the features at each length scale have a size, aspect ratio, and spacing selected to increase the Leidenfrost temperature. The structure includes an array of microscale structures disposed on the surface, the structure having size, aspect ratio and spacing selected to increase Leidenfrost temperature. The microscale structures may also include nanoscale structures on their surface to create a hierarchical structure. The structures result in an increased Leidenfrost temperature.

Abstract: A terrain traversing device is described. The device includes an annular rotor element with a plurality of co-planar microspine hooks arranged on the periphery of the annular rotor element. Each microspine hook has an independently flexible suspension configuration that permits the microspine hook to initially engage an irregularity in a terrain surface at a preset initial engagement angle and subsequently engage the irregularity with a continuously varying engagement angle when the annular rotor element is rotated for urging the terrain traversing device to traverse a terrain surface. Improvements related to the design, fabrication and use of the microspine hooks in the device are also described.

Abstract: A touch sensitive device is provided. The device includes a substrate; a plurality of first electrodes formed on the substrate and arranged along a first direction without overlapping one another; a first insulating layer formed on the substrate and covering the plurality of first electrodes; and a plurality of second electrodes formed on the first insulating layer and arranged along a second direction without overlapping one another, wherein the first direction is vertical to the second direction.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an RFID tag integrated into an artwork includes steps of selectively coating a watertight layer on a periphery of the artwork; printing a conductive ink on a surface of a polyethylene terephthalate film; heating the printed conductive ink on the surface of the polyethylene terephthalate film, and curing the conductive ink as an antenna of the RFID tag; removing the antenna from the polyethylene terephthalate film to be packaged as the RFID tag with an RFID chip; pasting the RFID tag on the periphery of the artwork with AB adhesive provided on an interface between the RFID tag and the artwork; and coating a protective layer on a periphery of the RFID tag to prevent exposure to the air.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of preparing a reference solution of a gaseous substance necessary for calibration of various measuring instruments used in measurement of the gaseous substance, such as radon (Rn-220) or a volatile substance, contained in seawater, subsurface water, surface water or the like. An apparatus of preparing a reference solution according to the present invention includes a gas component detector having two ports and configured to measure a concentration of a predetermined gaseous substance; a gas vessel having two ports and configured to accommodate the predetermined gaseous substance; a reference solution preparation vessel having two ports and configured to accommodate a predetermined liquid substance; pipe lines connecting the ports of the gas component detector, the gas vessel and the reference solution preparation vessel; and valves installed on the pipe lines.

Abstract: This invention identifies and provides a recurrent translocation t(4;8) (p16.2; p23.1) associated with certain cancers and other abnormal cell growth disorders and diagnostic methods using the translocation by FISH hybridization or FOR based assays.

Abstract: This invention discloses using one or more color-encoded fringe patterns for optically, three-dimensionally measuring an object's shape. In one embodiment, a color-encoded fringe pattern comprising a plurality of fringes that are modulated in intensity is configured as follows. An individual fringe selected from the fringes comprises a colored line at a location on the fringe width. The colored line has a line width that is substantially narrower than the fringe width in order that the colored line has a substantially similar intensity over the line width. The individual fringe excluding the colored line has a fringe color that is substantially uniform over the individual fringe. The fringe color is substantially different from the line color. Fringe colors of all the fringes are substantially similar, thereby enabling a major portion of the color-encoded fringe pattern to provide a substantially-uniform illumination color for projection onto the object.

Abstract: An active compression garment includes at least one active textile member formed from a shape memory alloy (SMA) material to provide controllable compression to a body part of interest. The active compression garment may also include at least one contact for applying an electrical stimulus signal to the active textile member to cause the SMA material to return to a trained shape.

Abstract: A general-purpose vehicle remote control device and method are disclosed. The general-purpose vehicle remote control device includes a network communication unit, a user authentication unit, a user information database, and a remote control unit. The network communication unit communicates with a user who accesses a general-purpose vehicle remote control device over a network. The user authentication unit identifies the user. The user information database stores user information required for the identification of the user. The remote control unit transceives control signals and state information with a vehicle of the identified user or remotely starts the vehicle.

Abstract: An application management network device and an application management method thereof are provided. The application management network device receives an application request from a VDI user device. The application management network device distributes a license of the application to the VDI user device according to the application request. The application management network device maintains a VDI application connection between the VDI user device and the at least one application server after the VDI user device executes the application deployed on the at least one application server based on the license.

Abstract: A method for setting up a computing environment, which includes: storing data for setting up computing environments necessary for the update of a plurality of client terminals that are connected through a network; receiving information about computing environments that are configured on the client terminals from the client terminals; upon receiving a request for the update from the client terminals, classifying the client terminals that share the same system image; and transferring the latest version of the data for setting up the computing environments which are higher than the client terminals of the client terminals; and updating the classified client terminals with the latest version of the data.

Abstract: A security enhancement apparatus is provided which is capable of preventing infection by malware that requires writing of important files of the OS or system, by protecting the important files from writing if data protection is implemented in units of files. The security enhancement apparatus relays IO of a PC, control device, or the like. A hard disk, USB device, display, or the like is connected via the security enhance apparatus. As for data protection in a storage, data is handled not only in units of sectors but also in units of files. The apparatus directly performs secure data transfer or display, setting/input therefor, or the like, thereby being able to correctly make an alert or inquiry to the user even in the case where a vulnerability of the OS or application program is attacked and control of the PC or control device is taken by an unauthorized program. Also, during communication, the security enhancement apparatus can authenticate a communication-partner device and encrypt communication content.

Abstract: Measuring device of the present invention includes a plurality of measuring sites for generating a plurality of optical paths and various dilutions. The range for concentration measurement and the measurement accuracy are enhanced due to the plurality of optical path length, and the interference on the measurement ranges and results caused by the concentration or the turbidity of suspended solid is reduced and removed by water sample dilution, and thus the characteristic wavelengths of the components in the water are measured. Next, the information of spectrum database is used to determine the ingredients which may exist in the water (qualitative analysis), and UV-VIS-NIR absorbance spectrum analysis is used to obtain the concentration of the respective ingredients in the water at the same time (quantitative analysis).

Abstract: A method and device for detecting the presence of a deception scheme intended to thwart a satellite navigation system (SNS). A detector receives “receiver measurements” of various types from the SNS receiver. It conditions these values, so that they may be readily used by a process that determines whether the receiver is operating in a statistically normal state.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method of generating a language model for speech recognition. The present invention is to provide an apparatus of generating a language model capable of improving speech recognition performance by predicting a position at which break is present and reflecting the predicted break information.

Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber drawing apparatus and optical fiber drawing method using the same. The apparatus may include a crucible accommodating core and clad sources and having a bottom hole through which the core and clad sources pass, and a plug disposed under the crucible, the plug passing through the bottom hole. The plug may include a bottom plug disposed under the crucible to close the bottom hole, and a first upper plug disposed on the bottom plug to pass through the bottom hole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hexafluoropropylene oxide polymer composition and a process of preparing of hexafluoropropylene oxide polymer by an anionic polymerization, and in particular the hexafluoropropylene oxide polymer composition comprises an anionic initiator, a polar solvent, hexafluoropropylene and hexafluoropropylene oxide. The hexafluoropropylene oxide polymer is prepared under particular reaction conditions by using the composition, hexafluoropropylene oxide poylymer prepared by using the composition according to a preparation process herein has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,500-4,000 at ?10-20° C.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations, a target rod is actuated. The target rod is part of a set of threaded, elongated rods, the longitudinal axes of which are substantially parallel to each other. The set of rods has an interior region and a perimeter region. Actuators induce vibrations in a set of perimeter rods. These vibrations are substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axes. Furthermore, the vibrations are transmitted to interior rods, causing a target rod in the interior region to rotate about, and translate along, the longitudinal axis of the target rod. The target rod undergoes stick-slip motion relative to adjacent rods.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in various aspects, engineered alcohol tolerant yeast and methods of producing high concentrations of ethanol.

Abstract: An n-type SiC layer is formed on a front face of an n+-type SiC substrate and plural p-type regions are selectively formed inside the n-type SiC layer. A p-type SiC layer is formed covering the surfaces of the n-type SiC layer and the p-type regions. An n-type region is formed inside the p-type SiC layer to be connected to the n-type SiC layer. An n+-type source region and a p+-type contact region are formed inside the p-type SiC layer, positioned away from the n-type region and in contact with each other. The n-type region in the p-type SiC layer is formed such that the width LJFET of the n-type region is within a range from 0.8 ?m to 3.0 ?m and the impurity concentration of the n-type region is greater than 1.0×1016 cm?3 and less than or equal to 5.0×1016 cm?3.