Abstract: Aromatic butan-2-ol compounds, preparation methods for making the compounds, and uses of the compounds are provided. Specifically, the compound of Formula I, or an optical isomer, racemate, diastereomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof, is provided, where each of the substituents is defined. In addition, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound, and the use of the compound in manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a disease or disorder caused by tubercle bacillus infection, is provided.

Abstract: A method for optical lift includes receiving illumination in a first direction on at least one of two different surface profiles of one or more cambered refractive objects. The one or more cambered refractive objects are rotated to a position of stable rotational equilibrium in response to the received illumination. The one or more cambered refractive objects are moved in a second direction non-parallel direction from the first direction.

Abstract: Provided a method for simultaneously transmitting data frames to a plurality of STAs in a multi-user based wireless communication system. The method includes: requesting sounding or feedback for the plurality of STAs by using a first control information frame containing first group information; receiving responses to the sounding or feedback request; reconfiguring the plurality of STAs composing the first group into a plurality of second groups on the basis of the responses such that the sum of maximum transport streams of the respective STAs composing one group becomes equal to or less than the maximum number of streams transmitted by an AP; transmitting a second control information frame containing second group information on the respective second groups to the plurality of STAs composing the first group; and transmitting data frames by using the second group information.

Abstract: A 1,3,5-triazine derivative represented by formula (1): wherein R1 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl group or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; n is an integer of 1-3, Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, provided that Ar is different from two substituted quarterarylenyl groups bonded to the 1,3,5-triazine ring; and V and Y are nitrogen or carbon, provided that a case where both of V and Y are carbon atoms is excluded. The organic electroluminescent device comprising the 1,3,5-triazine derivative as an electron transport material has a long lifetime.

Abstract: A structure is provided to create an efficient light pattern conversion from a narrow angular light beam pattern of a light emitting source to a wide angle light intensity distribution for an omnidirectional lighting assembly. A heat conductive substrate includes an LED array with at least one central and at least one surrounding LED. A hollow light diverting component is positioned over the LED array; a central LED is within the hollow component while surrounding LEDs are positioned outside. Light emitted by the central LED is reflected off inner surfaces of the hollow component to be discharged from an upper opening. The outer component surface is configured to reflect light from the surrounding LEDs in azimuthal and circumferential directions towards a region below the upper opening. In this manner, plural LEDs are used to form a wide angle emission pattern suitable for use in conventional light bulb replacement devices.

Abstract: A blast treatment method capable of performing blast treatment of a treatment subject with a simple structure, with high efficiency, and at low cost, while inhibiting scattering of harmful substances or the like to the outside. The method includes: inside disposing an inside explosive for blasting a treatment subject around the treatment subject; disposing an outside explosive having a detonation velocity greater than that of the inside explosive at a position outside the inside explosive; and detonating the outside explosive using an initiation device, and initiating the inside explosive by detonation of the outside explosive, thereby performing blast treatment of the treatment subject by initiation of the inside explosive.

Abstract: Provided are methods of spectrum sensing and assigning quiet periods in a cognitive radio system in order to increase the reliability of detection regarding whether an incumbent user appears in his/her frequency channel, customer premises equipment (CPE), a base station, and the structure of a super frame for performing the methods.

Abstract: When supporting the handover from first road side equipment of a plurality of sets of road side equipment and second road side equipment that is adjacent to the first road side equipment to a vehicle, the first road side equipment generates a first channel seizing signal that is longer than that of the second road side equipment in a control channel of an N-th sync interval. The second road side equipment generates a second channel seizing signal that is longer than that of the first road side equipment in a control channel of an (N+1)-th sync interval.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method of transmitting and receiving a wake-up signal. The method of receiving a wake-up signal includes the following: operating a radio frequency (RF) receiving unit that receives a wireless signal through an antenna during an SFD detecting time, wherein the SFD detecting time is shorter than a predetermined SFD detecting time period, according to the predetermined SFD detecting time period and detecting a start of frame delimiter (SFD) to indicate that the received wireless signal is a wake-up signal to wake-up a node in a sleep mode; and detecting the wake-up signal by continuously operating the RF receiving unit when the SFD is detected. Power consumption that is used to receive the wake-up signal can be reduced.

Abstract: A base station resets a wireless signal processing time depending on the processing capability of a terminal, and determines the transmission position of a feedback signal for a data packet using the reset wireless signal processing time and transmits the same to the terminal. If the feedback signal indicates the success of reception of the data packet, the data packet can be processed using the reset wireless signal processing time, and the wireless signal processing time can be reset to a smaller value.

Abstract: A method of recycling a cholesteric liquid crystal is provided. The method includes providing a display medium material containing a micro-encapsulated cholesteric liquid crystal. The display medium material is mixed with a hydrophilic solvent to form a mixture having a temperature of between 70° C. and 100° C. Then, a hydrophobic solvent is added to mix with the hydrophilic solvent. The display medium material, the hydrophobic solvent and the hydrophilic solvent are mixed to form a mixture having a hydrophobic layer and a hydrophilic layer. The hydrophobic layer and the hydrophilic layer of the mixture are separated, wherein the hydrophobic layer contains a cholesteric liquid crystal and the hydrophobic solvent. Then, the hydrophobic solvent is removed from the hydrophobic layer to obtain the cholesteric liquid crystal.

Abstract: An organic/inorganic hybrid material is provided, including an organic polymer, and a plurality of inorganic nano-platelets, wherein the inorganic nano-platelets are self-connected or connected via a linker to constitute an inorganic platelet network. By the formation of the inorganic network structure, the hybrid materials can keep their transparency and flexibility at a high inorganic content, and exhibit greatly reduced coefficients of thermal expansion A method for fabricating the organic/inorganic hybrid material is also provided.

Abstract: Provided are a digital broadcasting receiver and method of broadcast content protection. The digital broadcasting receiver comprises a platform which stores received broadcast data, middleware which comprises an application manager managing various applications so that broadcast content corresponding to the received broadcast data is used according to a consumption policy, a platform interface unit which acts as an interface between the platform and the middleware, and a middleware interface unit which acts as an interface between the various applications and the middleware. According to the method, various broadcast content protection and management policies can be accepted in various digital broadcasting receivers, each having different hardware and software structures.

Abstract: An electromagnetic transmission apparatus comprises a plurality of electromagnetic coupling elements, wherein each electromagnetic coupling element has at least one resonant structure. The plurality of electromagnetic coupling elements are arranged that when the electromagnetic transmission apparatus is operated within a specific frequency band, an electromagnetic coupling device near the electromagnetic transmission apparatus within an electromagnetic distance can electromagnetically couple with the electromagnetic transmission apparatus by near-field coupling, and the electromagnetic wave of the electromagnetically coupling propagates along with the arrangement direction of the plurality of electromagnetic coupling elements.

Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for processing a multi-dimensional data structure. For example, systems and methods are provided for processing the multi-dimensional data structure and allowing cell selection rules related to the multi-dimensional data structure to be resolved efficiently, so that computational cost associated with processing the multi-dimensional data structure can be saved.

Abstract: The present application discloses a semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor structure comprises: an SOI substrate and a MOSFET formed on the SOI substrate, wherein the SOI substrate comprises, in a top-down fashion, an SOI layer, a first buried insulator layer, a buried semiconductor layer, a second buried insulator layer, and a semiconductor substrate, the buried semiconductor layer including a backgate region including a portion of the buried semiconductor layer doped with a dopant of a first polarity; the MOSFET comprises a gate stack and source/drain regions, the gate stack being formed on the SOI layer, and the source/drain regions being formed in the SOI layer at opposite sides of the gate stack; and the backgate region includes a counter-doped region, the counter-doped region is self-aligned with the gate stack and includes a dopant of a second polarity, and the second polarity is opposite to the first polarity.

Abstract: Provided are a method of extracting an experience-revealing sentence from a blog document and a method of classifying verbs into activity verbs and state verbs in a sentence recorded in a blog document. The method of extracting an experience sentence from a blog document includes generating a sentence classifier using a machine learning algorithm based on grammatical features, and classifying experience sentences that represent actual experiences of users and non-experience sentences that represent no experience in the blog document using the sentence classifier. By classifying sentences in a blog document into experience sentences and non-experience sentences, it is possible to extract experiences that a user has actually had or that have actually happened to a user from the document.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device may comprise a semiconductor layer, a fin formed by patterning the semiconductor layer, and a gate stack crossing over the fin. The fin may comprise a doped block region at the bottom portion thereof. According to the embodiment, it is possible to effectively suppress current leakage at the bottom portion of the fin by the block region.

Abstract: A quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal generator, which can obtain optical signals such as QAM signals without handling multilevel electrical signals, can be produced by using a plurality of parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs), such as quadruplex parallel MZMs (QPMZM). The quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) signal generator includes a first waveguide, a first quadrature phase-shift-keying (QPSK) signal generator provided on the first waveguide, a second waveguide connected with the first waveguide at a wave-combining point, and a second quadrature phase-shift-keying (QPSK) signal generator provided on the second waveguide.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a silicon substrate, a plurality of silicon nanowire clusters, a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer. The silicon substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a plurality of through holes. The silicon nanowire clusters are disposed in the through holes of the silicon substrate, respectively. The first circuit layer is disposed on the first surface and connected to the silicon nanowire clusters. The second circuit layer is disposed on the second surface and connected to the silicon nanowire clusters.