Abstract: A radio network controller of an IMT-2000 asynchronous system that includes a Node-B matching radio access system for accessing to a Node-B; a traffic processing radio access system for performing a soft handover of radio traffic channels of the base transceiver stations; and an ATM switch accessible to the traffic processing radio access system, for providing a path for communicating traffic and control data in the radio network controller, switching ATM cells, providing a path for transmitting various traffic between radio network controllers and soft handover between the radio network controllers.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes a first terminal, a second terminal, an electrostatic discharge device coupled between the first and second terminals, and an active device coupled to the electrostatic discharge device and controlling an electrostatic current through the electrostatic discharge device. The electrostatic discharge device includes at least one of an SCR, an FOD, an active device, a BJT, and an MOS device.

Abstract: An electromagnetic coaxial driving injection apparatus, having a linear motor for driving injection and a rotation motor for metering. The linear motor and the rotation motor of both the injection and metering motors and an injection screw are set on a common axis. A connecting device connects moving parts of the motors with the injection screw. Stationary parts of the motors are fastened on a frame and forward-backward moving unit, not moving during injection and metering. Due to the arrangement of the moving parts and the injection screw on a single axis, moving parts are lessened, and transmission losses are minimized. Since the number of structural parts is low, only the moving parts of the motors move during injection while the stationary parts thereof remain at rest, thus greatly reducing inertia.

Abstract: A device for detecting the presence of an antigen including (1) a cell having antibodies which are expressed on the surface of the cell and are specific for the antigen to be detected, where binding of the antigen to the antibodies results in an increase in calcium concentration in the cytosol of the cell, the cell further having a emitter molecule which, in response to the increased calcium concentration in the cytosol, emits a photon; (2) a liquid medium for receiving the antigen and in which the cell is immersed; and (3) an optical detector arranged for receiving the photon emitted from the cell.

Abstract: Carbonyl reductase (CR) of a yeast strain, Kluyveromyces marxianus, and its isolation and purification method thereof is provided. The reduction reaction by the reductase obtained in the present invention is more stereospecific and requires less cost and time than the reduction reactions by the microorganisms or by the reducing enzymes obtained from a chemical synthesis.

Abstract: An apparatus for winding, in the form of a quadrupole, an optical fiber used for forming a sensor coil of a fiber optic gyroscope. A center shaft is supported by a pair of support sections. A cylindrical spool is fitted around the center shaft. A pair of winding disks are arranged adjacent to both ends of the spool so that they can be rotated about the center shaft. A pair of reels are mounted to facing surfaces of the winding disks so that both halves of the optical fiber to be wound on the spool can be wound on the reels, respectively. The winding disks can be rotated at the same velocity in opposite directions. The cylindrical spool is installed to be reciprocated along an axis of the center shaft. The respective reels mounted to the winding disks are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval.

Abstract: This disclosure provides lentiviral vectors containing an attachment incompetent fusogenic polypeptide and a heterologous targeting polypeptide. Also provided are lentiviral packaging constructs, lentiviral packaging systems, and lentiviral gene delivery systems. Finally, methods of transducing a cell and methods of targeting a gene to a cell or tissue using the disclosed lentiviral vectors and systems are also provided.

Abstract: An alkali-soluble resin having a polyaromatic group and a photosensitive composition comprising the alkali-soluble resin. The alkali-soluble resin comprises the following recurring units: wherein each of R1, R2, and R3, independently, is H or CH3; R4 is a substituted or unsubstituted polyaromatic derivative containing carbon and optionally containing one or more heteroatoms of oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur; X is alkyl, benzyl, or hydroxyl; each of n1 and n2, independently, is an integer of 0–8; and a, b, and c are integers when a and c respectively are not zero.

Abstract: A depth of interaction detector with uniform pulse-height comprises a multi-layer scintillator obtained by coupling at least two scintillator cells on a plane and then stacking the planar coupled scintillator cells, in layers, up to at least two stages and a light-receiving element connected to the bottom face of each scintillator cell of this multi-layer scintillator, wherein the detector is provided with a means for discriminating the position of a scintillator cell, which receives radiant rays and emits light rays and a means for making, uniform, the quantity of the light emitted from each scintillator cell and received by the light-receiving element.

Abstract: A field emission display (FED) having a grid plate with spacer structure and fabrication method thereof. A first wplate having first electrodes and electron emitters on a first surface is provided. A second plate having second electrodes and phosphor regions on a second surface is also provided, wherein the second surface is opposite the first surface. A grid plate with spacer structure and passages having grid electrodes is positioned between the two plates to maintain a predetermined interval. When a specific voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, electrons extracted from the electron emitters are accelerated by the grid electrodes through the passages to impact the phosphor regions.

Abstract: Is provided a method of forming a polymer waveguide for passive alignment to an optical fiber in an optical module. A groove mounting an optical fiber thereon is formed on a substrate, and a shielding layer pattern is formed to selectively shield the groove. Polymer layers for an optical waveguide, which extend to the shielding layer pattern, are formed on the substrate, and the layers are patterned, thereby forming a polymer waveguide. The shielding layer is removed, and the groove is exposed. An optical fiber aligned to the optical waveguide is mounted on the exposed groove.

Abstract: A transparent mobile IPv6 agent comprises a monitoring system for performing installation, parameter settings, and activation of related functions of different operating systems, and an application system having standard functions and standard data structures for internal processing, and having different interfaces designed for different operating systems. The interfaces of the application system comprises a socket service interface, an IPv6 layer interface, a network access layer API, and an operating system kernel layer interface.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an anisotropic formed body in which functional, magnetic fine particles are oriented in a specific direction within a matrix and in which anisotropy is given to properties attributable to the functional fine particles. The apparatus allows use of a wide variety of materials as the functional fine particles and realizes an anisotropy which is parallel and of a uniform interval within a large area. Further, a method for manufacturing an anisotropic formed body, includes applying, by using a superconducting magnet device, a uniform and parallel magnetic field with magnetic lines of force at equal intervals and parallel to each other, to a mold in which the matrix is filled with a liquid molding material containing functional, magnetic fine particles, to orient the functional fine particles in a direction of the magnetic lines of force, whereby the liquid molding material subsequently hardens.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of reducing spent oxides nuclear fuel to nuclear-fuel metal, in which metal oxides are reduced to metals using an electrochemical reduction device with LiCl—Li2O salt as an electrolyte, a cathode electrode assembly used in the method, and a reduction device including the cathode electrode assembly. The method is advantageous in that the process of reducing the spent oxide nuclear fuel to the nuclear-fuel metal and another process of recovering Li are united to simplify the whole processes, direct use of high oxidative Li metals is excluded to secure safety, and conversion efficiency of the spent oxide nuclear fuel is 99% or more.

Abstract: A perovskite compound of the formula, (Na1/2Bi1/2)1-xMx(Ti1-yM?y)O3±z, where M is one or more of Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb, Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Th, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu; and M? is one or more of Zr, Hf, Sn, Ge, Mg, Zn, Al, Sc, Ga, Nb, Mo, Sb, Ta, W, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni, and 0.01<x<0.3, and 0.01<y<0.3, and z<0.1 functions as an electromechanically active material. The material may possess electrostrictive or piezoelectric characteristics.

Abstract: Novel serine/threonine receptor proteins and BMP receptor proteins are disclosed, as well as DNA molecules encoding the BMP receptor proteins and methods of using the receptor proteins. Further disclosed are truncated BMP receptor proteins and molecules which act as ligands to the BMP receptor proteins.

Abstract: A system for performing face registration and authentication using face information, and a method thereof. A set of readily distinguishable features for each user is selected at a registration step and only the set of features selected at the registration step is used at a face authentication step, whereby memory use according to unnecessary information and amount of data calculation for face authentication can be reduced. Thus, the present system has an advantage in that identity authentication through face authentication can be performed even under restricted environments of a USB token or smart card with limited resources. The present system further has advantages in that authentication performance is improved, as readily distinguishable feature information is used, and the time for face authentication is reduced, as face authentication is performed using the SVM built by using the optimal set of readily distinguishable features at a training step.

Abstract: In an apparatus for embedding digital watermarks into an image, a watermark embedding region extraction unit extracts an image region to contain watermarks from a wavelet transformed entire image. A watermark generation unit generates a watermark data row to be embedded according to a user's private key. A normalization operation unit normalizes the quantized data value by using a quantization unit into a normalized data value. An inverse quantization inversely quantizes and outputs the normalized data value. A watermark embedment unit embeds a watermark-embedded data value as a corresponding pixel data value into the watermark embedding region, wherein the watermark-embedded data value is obtained by subtracting, from the inversely quantized data value, the watermark data value added prior to the quantization.

Abstract: A method for developing ratings of the environmental sensitivity of vehicles and vehicle manufacturers and for communicating such ratings to consumers, manufacturers and other interested parties. The method utilizes the Internet for acquiring data and disseminating information and identifies vehicles available on the market to consumers with an environmental performance rating based upon a rating algorithm. Trophies are awarded in recognition of the top rated vehicles and manufacturers in regard to environmental sensitivity. The rating system and the identification of the award winners is communicated to consumers and to stake-holders such as the manufacturers, special interest groups and governmental agencies.

Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst component used for homopolymerization or co-polymerization of ethylene, comprising at least one suitable electron donor compound supported on a composition containing magnesium and titanium, wherein the electron donor compound is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic ethers, alicyclic ethers, aromatic ethers, aliphatic ketones and alicyclic ketones, and wherein the composition containing magnesium and titanium is prepared by dissolving a magnesium compound into a solvent system to form a homogeneous solution and then contacting the solution with a titanium compound in the presence of a precipitation aid to precipitate the composition. The present invention also relates to a method for the preparation of said catalyst component and a catalyst comprising thereof, and to use of the catalyst in homopolymerization of ethylene or co-polymerization of ethylene with at least one C3–C8 ?-olefin.