Abstract: An envelope detector receives an input that is an Amplitude-Modulated (AM) or Amplitude-Shift-Keying (ASK) coded signal. Each channel has a sample switch and a diode that charge an internal sampling capacitor. A hold switch connects the internal sampling capacitor to a summing output capacitor or to a post-processing circuit. A reset switch discharges the internal sampling capacitor after each sample. Two or more channels may be time multiplexed to sample alternate cycles of the input, and then their outputs combined by the summing output capacitor or by the post-processing circuit. The diodes may be reversed to detect the negative envelope rather than the positive envelope. Clocks for the switches may be generated from the input, or may be from a separate clock source. Since the sampling window is open for a whole input cycle, the clock source is insensitive to phase error.

Abstract: A hydrostatic rail guide includes a guide rail, a guide carriage, a hydrostatic supply device, a measurement device and a controller. The guide carriage is hydrostatically mounted on the guide rail and has a hydrostatic channel filled with oil. The oil keeps the guide carriage and the guide rail at a gap. The hydrostatic supply device is adapted for supplying the oil to the hydrostatic channel and adjusting the pressure of the oil. The measurement device is installed on the guide carriage and adapted for detecting the gap between the guide carriage and the guide rail and for producing a distance signal of the measured gap. The controller is connected to the hydrostatic supply device and the measurement device. The controller is adapted for controlling the hydrostatic supply device, based on the distance signal, in order to adjust the hydrostatic pressure of the oil after being pressurized.

Abstract: A reaction system and method for producing polyoxymethylene dialkyl ethers (RO(CH2O)nR, n=1-8) by continuous acetalation of formaldehyde and aliphatic alcohol in the presence of an acid ionic liquid catalyst. The reaction system includes an acetalation reaction unit, a product separation unit, and a catalyst regeneration unit. The recyclable material and catalyst are separated by combining extraction and rectification, and a recovery rate of more than 99% for the catalyst is achieved. Water, as the byproduct, is separated from the reaction system by destroying the azeotrope of water, alcohol, aldehyde, and RO(CH2O)nR, so that the product separation and catalyst regeneration are facilitated and the catalytic cycle is achieved.

Abstract: Disclosed is a Quality of Service (QoS) providing method and apparatus in a software-defined networking (SDN) based network, the QoS providing method including receiving a first packet of a predetermined flow, searching for forwarding information corresponding to the packet and QoS rule information corresponding to the packet in a forwarding table and a QoS rule table, respectively, transmitting the packet to a controller if the forwarding information and the QoS rule information do not exist in the forwarding table and the QoS rule table, and generating a flow entry corresponding to the packet in a flow learning table based on forwarding information and QoS rule information that are received from the controller, thereby efficiently providing QoS.

Abstract: Flag-type wind and/or water power generation features are described. Fluid-filled embodiments are described. The fluid may be employed for pumping effect and/or dynamic physical property change. Leading-edge and trailing-edge mounted flag architectures are described with various applications including flapping flag arrays and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs).

Abstract: A lung cancer diagnosing device and the method thereof are provided. Lung cancer is diagnosed by using pulse waves having a wideband pulse width, so a possibility that a patient is exposed to radiation can be reduced, and since the configuration of transmission and reception circuits and relevant hardware of the device are simple, the size of the overall module is reduced. In addition, since lung cancer is diagnosed by observing a difference between time delays of pulse waves received by a reception unit according to positions of a transmission module that transmits pulse waves, while moving along digestive organs, a complicated signal processing procedure is not required, and thus, a time required for imaging lung cancer diagnosis results can be reduced.

Abstract: A force-controlled ultrasound imaging device uses a linear drive system to maintain a suitable contact force with a subject. A combination of hardware and software limits on travel for the linear drive system provide intuitive user feedback while helping to ensure that the linear drive system remains active throughout the scan, while responding appropriately to initiation and termination of scans.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of a guided speaker adaptive speech synthesis system, a speaker adaptive training module generates adaptation information and a speaker-adapted model based on inputted recording text and recording speech. A text to speech engine receives the recording text and the speaker-adapted model and outputs synthesized speech information. A performance assessment module receives the adaptation information and the synthesized speech information to generate assessment information. An adaptation recommendation module selects at least one subsequent recording text from at least one text source as a recommendation of a next adaption process, according to the adaptation information and the assessment information.

Abstract: A method for providing an advertisement from a digital signage control apparatus to multiple mobile devices accessible to an access point installed in a digital signage terminal. The method may include determining whether the number of the mobile devices requesting the identical advertisement for a predetermined amount of time is greater than a threshold, and if the number of the mobile devices is greater than the threshold, transmitting the identical advertisement to the mobile devices through a multicast channel.

Abstract: A floating apparatus and method for cleaning water in a pool or tank are provided. The floating apparatus includes: a body having at least one discharge outlet; an electrical power source having a solar power collector that is mounted on a top portion of the body, wherein the body has a contour wall for allowing the solar power collector to face up; an ozone generator connected to the electrical power source; an ozone conduit in gas communication with the ozone generator and the at least one discharge outlet; and a transparent cover covering the solar power collector, whereby ozone produced in the ozone generator is discharged from the discharge outlet and provides the power for moving the floating apparatus.

Abstract: A hydraulic vale controller that uses an existing pressure differential as some or all of the power source for valve operation. In a high pressure environment, such as downhole in an oil or gas well, the pressure differential between the inside of a pipe and the outside of the pipe may be adequately large to drive a linear slide valve. The valve is operated hydraulically by a piston in a bore. When a higher pressure is applied to one end of the bore and a lower pressure to the other end, the piston moves in response to the pressure differential and drive a valve attached to it. If the pressure differential is too small to drive the piston at a sufficiently high speed, a pump is provided to generate a larger pressure differential to be applied. The apparatus is conveniently constructed using multiport valves, which can be rotary valves.

Abstract: Disclosed is a field emitter electrode including a bonding unit formed on a substrate, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes fixed to the substrate by the bonding unit, in which the bonding unit includes a carbide-based first inorganic filler and a second inorganic filler formed of a metal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multipurpose alarm apparatus which includes a smoke sensing unit configured to sense a smoke using a first sensor and a second sensor, each of the first and second sensors including a temperature-sensitive smoke sensor portion disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode; a smoke level measuring unit configured to generate a smoke level measurement signal by comparing a difference between first and second smoke detection signals from the first and second sensors with a reference signal; and a sensing control unit configured to generate a fire alarm signal when the smoke level measurement signal corresponds to a fire generation condition.

Abstract: A discovery signal that a first device joining in direct communication broadcasts through a radio channel is provided. The discovery signal includes a first field representing whether the discovery signal is a signal for discovering a device or a signal for discovering a service, and a second field including one of device identifier information of the first device and service information of a service that the first device provides according to a value of the first field.

Abstract: Provided is a security checking system. The security checking system includes an electron beam acceleration unit for accelerating electron beams having at least one energy intensity, an X-ray guide unit converting the electron beams accelerated by the electron beam acceleration unit into X-rays to guide the converted X-rays into an object, a neutron guide unit, and a detection unit detecting the X-rays and neutrons passing through the object. Thus, nuclear materials within the object may be detected, and also, maintenance/repair costs may be inexpensive to improve economic feasibility.

Abstract: A method of producing inorganic compound particles is provided. It includes a step of impregnating a melt liquid of second raw particles into first raw particles by heating a raw material including them at a temperature, which equals to or higher than an eutectic temperature between a region-II (solid-liquid phase range) and a region-I (solid phase range) in a phase diagram and lower than the melting temperature of the inorganic compound. The first raw particles contain an element with a melting point equals to or higher than a melting point of the inorganic compound. The second raw particles contain an element with a melting point lower than the inciting point of the inorganic compound. The method also includes a step of synthesizing inorganic compound particles by a synthetic reaction in the first raw particles between the elements contained in the first and second raw particles.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a monoclonal antibody that recognizes human ING4 in its native form. The invention is also directed to a hybridoma cell line that produces the monoclonal antibody, and to methods of diagnosing cancer using the antibody.

Abstract: The present invention embraces compounds that modulate the activity of Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (BBNA1) protein and use thereof in methods for treating latent Epstein-Barr virus infection. R7 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, pyridyl, or pyrimidinyl group. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is also provide as are methods for modulating the activity of Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (EBNA1) protein and treating a latent EpsteinBarr virus infection with a composition of the present invention.

Abstract: Disclosed is a 2-pyrrolidone polymer or copolymer having optionally substituted methylol groups, and a process for producing the 2-pyrrolidone polymer or copolymer having methylol groups, the process comprising reacting a 2-pyrrolidone polymer or copolymer with an aldehyde.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of calculating a numeric model for interpretation of a metal hydride tank. The best possible simpljfied algorithm is applied through a simple measuring process, thereby calculating a numeric model for various metal hydride tank systems storing hydrogen, so that temperature variation depending on the reaction with hydrogen and the reacted. quantity of the hydrogen. are calculated with respect to the various metal hydride tank systems by calculating only the numeric model. The method. includes (a) charging a metal hydride (MH) alloy in a metal hydride tank system under a preset temperature condition, (b) measuring temperature variation and a reaction rate between MH alloy and hydrogen, and concentration of the hydrogen of the MH alloy by supplying or emitting the hydrogen, and (c) calculating a numeric model for the temperature variation, the reaction rate, and the concentration of the hydrogen based on data measured through step (b).