Abstract: A wireless communication method using a control channel between wireless communication devices including: exchanging profile information between a node and intermediate relay nodes therearound so as to allow the node to transmit/receive data to/from a destination node; determining, by the node, a first intermediate relay node using the profile information and determining a wireless communication mode with the first intermediate relay node; and transmitting/receiving data between the node and the first intermediate relay node by the determined wireless communication mode is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising, or consisting of, the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or a nucleic acid sequence of at least 200 bp having at least 70% identity to said sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said isolated nucleic acid molecule specifically leads to the expression in rod cells of a gene when operatively linked to a nucleic acid sequence coding for said gene.

Abstract: Provided is an image registration device including a first feature vector magnitude calculating unit calculating magnitudes of feature vectors corresponding to any one first feature point among feature points of a reference image to create a first magnitude value, a second feature vector magnitude calculating unit calculating magnitudes of feature vectors corresponding to any one second feature point among feature points of a target image to create a second magnitude value, a magnitude difference calculating unit receiving the first and second magnitude values and calculating a difference between the received first and second magnitude values to create a third magnitude value, a first threshold value creating unit creating a first threshold value on the basis of the first magnitude value and a magnitude ratio, and a magnitude difference determining unit receiving the third magnitude value and the first threshold value, and determining a magnitude difference.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for characterizing and screening for the existence or predisposition to X-linked disorders associated with changes in X-chromosome inactivation. The present invention also relates to processes of reducing a disease phenotype associated with an X-linked disorder in a female subject.

Abstract: The inventive concept shows the embodiment of t-switch which is a MIT 3-terminal device based on a Hole-driven MIT theory and a technology for removing an ESD noise signal which is one of applications of the t-switch. The t-switch includes three terminals of Inlet, Outlet and Control, and a metal-insulator transition (MIT) occurs at an Outlet layer by a current flowing through the Control terminal. In the t-switch, a high resistor is connected to the Control terminal and thereby an ESD noise signal of high voltage flows through the Inlet-Outlet without damaging the device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge-type inline heater including: a heat exchanging unit including a body part in which a mounting part is formed in a longitudinal direction, and swirl parts coiled in a spiral along the longitudinal direction of the body part, and configured to induce a flowing-in working fluid to flow along the swirl parts; and a heater inserted in a longitudinal direction of the heat exchanging part to heat the working fluid which is in contact with the heat exchanging unit. Accordingly, the cartridge-type inline heater capable of heating the working fluid so as to have improved durability and uniform temperature distribution is provided.

Abstract: A service providing method and system for instance hosting is disclosed. A service providing system including an instance hosting gateway may include: a network adaptor configured to receive data by connecting to at least one physical node over a wired/wireless network; and an instance manager configured to manage at least one process and a profile provided with respect to at least one of a process node deployed in a process form and the physical node, and to connect the received data or data transferred from the process node to at least one instance using the profile and the at least one process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for managing content media. The method for managing content media includes creating or receiving content media, receiving level of detail (LOD) setting information at which the content media is displayed, and determining a display format of a point of interest (POI) on the content media based on the LOD setting information.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the use of Group 8 transition metal carbene complexes as catalysts for olefin cross-metathesis reactions. In particular, ruthenium and osmium alkylidene complexes substituted with an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand are used to catalyze cross-metathesis reactions to provide a variety of substituted and functionalized olefins, including phosphonate-substituted olefins, directly halogenated olefins, 1,1,2-trisubstituted olefins, and quaternary allylic olefins. The invention further provides a method for creating functional diversity using the aforementioned complexes to catalyze cross-metathesis reactions of a first olefinic reactant, which may or may not be substituted with a functional group, with each of a plurality of different olefinic reactants, which may or may not be substituted with functional groups, to give a plurality of structurally distinct olefinic products.

Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a disk logging method configured for an electronic device comprising a temporary non-volatile storage medium to log data from a volatile memory to said first storage medium, and the method includes the elements of aggregating data from applications of the electronic device in a queue, transferring the aggregated data to a per device queue targeted toward a native queue of the storage medium, writing the data stored in the native queue of the storage medium into a disk platter of the storage medium, and transmitting an interrupt in response to the completion of the writing of the data to the disk platter, wherein the first batch size is dynamically adjusted such that the step of writing the data to the platter takes more time than the step of transferring the data from the per device queue to the native queue of the storage medium.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an electrolyte-membraneless microbial fuel cell, in-series stack thereof, and in-parallel combination thereof. According to various implementation examples, problems relating to scaling up and modularization are overcome, and problems relating to using an electrolyte membrane are solved.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and the use of these compounds, compositions, and medicaments in methods of treating diseases and disorders.

Abstract: Processes and apparatuses for producing biologically-active, protein-rich microparticles under ambient conditions are disclosed. A protein solution is atomized and collected in a dehydration solvent that is being mixed. The resulting protein microparticles retain high specific activity without the need for large amounts of stabilizing excipients.

Abstract: This invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1 is H, halogen, —NR5R6, —NR5—C(?O)—R6, —NH—C(?O)—OR7, —OR7, —NO2, —CN, —SR7, —SO2R7, —CO2R7, CF3, —SOR7, —POR7, —C(?S)R7, —C(?O)—NR5R6, —CH2—C(?O)—NR5R6, —C(?NR5)R6, —P(?O)(OR5)(OR6), —P(OR5)(OR6), —C(?S)R7, C1-5 alkyl, C2-5 alkenyl, C2-5 alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl, wherein R5, R6, and R7 and are each, independently, H, C1-5 alkyl, C2-5 alkenyl, C2-5 alkynyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; m is an integer from 0 to 2; R2 and R3 are each, independently, H, halogen, —NH2, —CX3, —C(?O)OR8, C(?O)R8, —C(?O)NR9R10, C1-10 alkyl, C2-10 alkenyl, C2-10 alkynyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl; wherein X is Cl, Br, or F; R8, R9 and R10 are each, independently, H, C1-5 alkyl, C2-5 alkenyl, C2-5 alkynyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; Q is —Ar1—Z— or —Z—Ar1—Z—, wherein Ar1 is aryl or heteroaryl; and each occurrence of Z is independently present or

Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex and a method for manufacturing same, the complex comprising: at least one crystalline hybrid nanoporous material powder, in which a metal ion, or a metal ion cluster to which oxygen is bound, and an organic ligand, or the organic ligand and a negative ion ligand are in a coordinate covalent bond; and at least one organic polymer additive, or at least one organic polymer additive and an inorganic additive, wherein the shape of the complex is spherical or pseudo-spherical, the size of the complex is 0.1 to 100 mm, a total volume of pores is 5 or more volume % based on the sum of a total volume of nanoporous material having a size of at most 10 nm and a total volume of pores having a size of at least 0.1 ?m, and wherein a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the complex as at least 83% of a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the nanoporous material powder.

Abstract: The invention provides a cytotoxic T lymphocyte inducer comprising a virus-like particle composed of VP1 of simian virus 40. The T cell epitope peptide is inserted into a DE loop and/or an HI loop of the VP1.

Abstract: A nucleic acid includes, in the following order, a 5? untranslated region comprising a particular nucleotide sequence of the genome of hepatitis C virus genotype 3a; a nucleotide sequence encoding a particular amino acid sequence of an NS3 protein, a nucleotide sequence encoding a particular amino acid sequence of an NS4A protein, a nucleotide sequence encoding a particular amino acid sequence of an NS4B protein, a nucleotide sequence encoding a particular amino acid sequence of an NS5A protein, a nucleotide sequence encoding a particular amino acid sequence of an NS5B protein of the hepatitis C virus genotype 3a; and a 3? untranslated region comprising a particular nucleotide sequence of a genome of hepatitis C virus genotype 3a.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a received signal level of a radio wave in a ray-tracing wave propagation environment includes a reception unit configured to receive the radio wave; and an analyzing unit configured to determine the received signal level of the radio wave in the ray-tracing wave propagation environment. Further, the analyzing unit is configured to analyze a correlation of the height and altitude of a surface roughness that recognizes the surface of a surrounding obstacle depending on the length of wavelength in the course of delivery of a received signal of the radio wave and analyze precisely the scattering of the received signal depending on the surface roughness to determine the received signal level of the radio wave when determining the received signal level.

Abstract: The present invention provides devices and methods for detecting and capturing molecular biomarkers from a subject in situ. Specifically, the devices contain an array of microneedles to which are attached probes specific for one or more biomarkers of interest. The devices can be used directly on a subject (e.g., via skin piercing) in detecting the biomarkers in the body of the subject (e.g., tissues, blood stream).

Abstract: A computer processor implementable method of decoding low-density parity-check (LDPC) code, comprising: receiving a log-likelihood-ratio (LLR) input bitstream; performing a combined bit-deinterleaving and reordering process on the LLR input bitstream and storing in a physical memory space, comprising: determining a logical memory address for each LLR bit in the LLR input bitstream, determining a physical memory address for each LLR bit in the LLR input bitstream from logical memory address of the LLR bit; decoding the LLR input bitstream stored in the physical memory space; and performing a combined de-reordering and de-mapping process on the decoded LLR input bitstream.