Abstract: Discloses are a method for detecting Norovirus using a Norovirus animal model, a method for screening an antivial agent against Norovirus, and a composition for neutralizing the infection with an enteric virus, containing concanavalin A as an active ingredient, so that the method for detecting Norovirus can allow the distinction between infectious Norovirus and non-infectious Norovirus, and the composition can neutralize a virus causing food poisoning.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermometer, especially for determining the winding temperature of an electric power transformer. The invention is characterised in that, in a thermometer for determining the winding temperature of an electric power transformer, an electric temperature sensor, a mechanical temperature sensor and a heating element are arranged inside a coupling part formed from a heat-conductive material, and an insulating sleeve consisting of a thermally stable material is provided between an outer wall of the coupling part and an inner wall of the housing, the housing, the insulating sleeve and the coupling part forming a coaxial structure without leaving any air gaps such that thus definable heat transfers are generated between the individual components, namely the coupling part, the insulating sleeve and the tubular housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adiabatic collector for recycling gas, a liquefier for recycling gas, and a recovery apparatus for recycling gas using the same. More specifically, gas to be recycled is collected in an adiabatic manner, cooled to a temperature lower than the dew point thereof, and stored in the liquid state through a phase change, thereby saving energy required for re-cooling the gas. Particularly, the present invention relates to an adiabatic collector for recycling gas, a liquefier for recycling gas, and a recovery apparatus for recycling gas using the same, in which recycling gas is compressed through a natural inducement method using a difference in temperature and pressure while being collected and liquefied, thereby reducing noise, vibration, and size of the collector.

Abstract: Provided is a solid immersion lens (SIL) holder for optical axis precision correction of a high resolution optical microscope, equipped with a SIL and an objective lens barrel equipped with a plurality of objective lenses, the SIL holder comprising: a circular flange providing in the middle of the objective lens barrel to be coupled to the SIL holder; a coupling flange formed at one end portion thereof and coupled to the circular flange; a conical tube formed at the other end portion thereof, the SIL being mounted onto a lower end portion of the conical tube, wherein the SIL holder comprises an optical axis adjusting part which adjusts such that the central axis of the SIL approaches the central axis of an objective lens, and the SIL holder comprises an extension/contraction adjusting part which allows the SIL to be very close to a measurement surface of a specimen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recurring glioblastoma multiforme marker miRNA for diagnosing recurring glioblastoma multiforme, and more specifically, to a composition for screening the miRNA marker, which is specific to the recurring glioblastoma multiforme and comprises an agent for detecting the presence of the marker, a kit, and to a method for diagnosing the recurring glioblastoma multiforme using same. The method for diagnosing the recurring glioblastoma multiforme by using the recurring glioblastoma multiforme marker miRNA, according to the present invention, provides glioblastoma markers, which can diagnose the occurrence of the recurring glioblastoma multiforme, thereby providing useful material for managing treatment and prognosis of the recurring glioblastoma multiforme. In addition, the diagnosis markers for the recurring glioblastoma multiforme can be used for development and research of an anticancer agent specific to the recurring glioblastoma multiforme.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bobbin and a coil assembly and electromagnet equipment including the same, and the electromagnet equipment, which includes a bobbin and a coil, includes a coil assembly receiving a refrigerant so as to remove heat produced when magnetic field lines are famed by an electric current running through the coil while the coil is wound on a center shaft relative to the center shaft provided on a center of the bobbin; and a terminal block provided on a lower side of the coil assembly, the terminal block supporting the coil assembly and receiving a refrigerant from outside and supplying the refrigerant to the coil assembly.

Abstract: Photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles and a method of preparing the same are described herein. A method of preparing photoluminescent carbon nanoparticles includes obtaining carbon nanodots, and treating the carbon nanodots with plasma.

Abstract: There is provided a microwave plasma torch system comprising: a plasma generator; a microwave generator; and at least one plasma source gas injector, wherein the microwave generator includes a waveguide, wherein the plasma generator includes a discharge tube, wherein the discharge tube passes through a waveguide in a perpendicular to the waveguide, wherein the waveguide has a width na, where n is an integer equal to or larger than 2, wherein a is defined as a width of a waveguide having a dominant mode for propagating a microwave, wherein the discharge tube is positioned relative to the waveguide such that a diameter center of the tube encounters a longitudinal null line of an electric field distribution, wherein the discharge tube is further positioned relative to the waveguide such that a diameter center of the tube encounters a transverse null line of an electric field distribution, wherein the transverse null line is perpendicular to the longitudinal null line.

Abstract: A sample stage includes a sample holder that accommodates a sample and a first drive module, a second drive module, and a third drive module that are radially connected to the sample holder and allow the sample holder to have translational degrees of freedom in three directions and rotational degrees of freedom in at least two directions.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus for measuring an ionic mobility of a harmful material and a reference data obtaining method thereof. The method includes obtaining a measurement signal by detecting a charge of an ion between electrodes, obtaining a noise signal by insulating the electrodes from the ion, aligning the noise signal with the measurement signal, removing a part of the measurement signal aligned with the noise signal, and calculating reference data from a remaining part of the measurement signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of diabetes or fatty liver comprising a CYP4A (cytochrome P450A) inhibitor as an active ingredient. The compound of the present invention has activities of promoting glucose uptake into hepatocytes, inhibiting fat accumulation in liver cells, and inhibiting reactive oxygen production in mitochondria, and thus can be very usefully used for the development of a therapeutic agent for diabetes or fatty liver.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wafer inspection apparatus. The wafer inspection apparatus includes: a magnetic field generating unit forming a magnetic field such that magnetic lines of force flow in a direction perpendicular or parallel to a first surface of a wafer on which a magnetic thin film is formed; a microwave guide unit emitting microwaves to a measurement region that is at least a partial region of the wafer and is a region affected by the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating unit; and a sensing unit receiving waves reflected or transmitted after the microwaves are emitted to the measurement region from the microwave guide unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a temperature distribution measuring device for measuring the temperature distribution or the heat generation distribution in a sample. An embodiment collects a reflection signal the reflectivity of which changes on the basis of a bias signal applied to a sample, detects a signal of interest, which has been reflected from a region of interest in the sample, from the reflected signal, converts the signal of interest to a frequency range signal, calculates the relative amount of change in reflectivity of the sample by using a direct current component extracted on the basis of filtering of the frequency range signal and a frequency component of the bias signal, and acquires a thermal image of the sample on the basis of the relative amount of change in reflectivity.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus and a magnetic resonance spectroscopic method are provided. The MRI apparatus includes a data collector configured to obtain reference data of reference substances, and obtain measurement data of a target region of a subject. The MRI apparatus further includes a processor configured to determine a reference substance of the target region, among the reference substances, and a concentration of the reference substance, using the reference data, the measurement data, and an external factor compensation value compensating an external factor affecting the measurement data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a norovirus detection sensor and an electrochemical sensing method using the sensor. Specifically, in the norovirus detection sensor including a bioreceptor and a signal detector, a three-dimensional gold nanosurface electrode is used as a substrate, and the bioreceptor employs concanavalin A as a sample capture agent immobilized to the substrate and capable of binding to norovirus. Therefore, the norovirus detection sensor has improved sensitivity by employing the three-dimensional gold nanosurface electrode having a wide surface area. In addition, the norovirus detection sensor has effects of reducing manufacturing costs using a non-antibody material, i.e., concanavalin A which is inexpensive and readily available.

Abstract: A powder plasma processing apparatus is disclosed. The powder plasma processing apparatus includes: a chamber configured to perform plasma processing on a powder; a powder supply unit disposed in an upper portion of the chamber; and a plurality of plate-like surface discharge plasma modules disposed below the powder supply unit and positioned within the chamber, wherein surfaces of the surface discharge plasma modules are spaced apart from each other. According to the powder plasma processing apparatus, the powder can be uniformly processed, and the time that the powder spends in contact with the plasma can be controlled, thereby allowing efficient powder processing to be performed.

Abstract: Provided is a fluorescence image acquisition apparatus for acquiring fluorescence images and phase images using optical signals that are modulated at the same frequency and that have different time delays. The fluorescence image acquisition apparatus may include a light source configured to generate, at different time delays, a plurality of optical signals that are modulated at the same frequency, an illuminator configured to control paths of the plurality of modulated optical signals so that the plurality of modulated optical signals are illuminated onto a sample including a plurality of fluorescent materials, a photodetector configured to detect a plurality of fluorescence signals that are emitted from the plurality of fluorescent materials, respectively, and a controller configured to acquire a plurality of fluorescence images and a plurality of phase images from the plurality of detected fluorescence signals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electron bean injection control of a mass spectrometer. A mass spectrometer of the present invention includes: a reference waveform generator configured to generate a reference waveform signal having one type of a square wave and a sine wave, a waveform generator configured to generate a sync signal synchronized with the reference waveform signal; an RF module configured to generate an RF voltage signal from the reference waveform signal and apply the RF voltage signal to an RF electrode in the ion trap, an electron beam generator configured to control an operation of an ultraviolet (UV) diode for generating an electron beam injected into the ion trap according to an input control signal, and a control circuit configured to generate the control signal by using the square wave signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an repebody capable of binding specifically to interleukin-6 (IL-6) to inhibit the biological activity of IL-6, a polynucleotide encoding the repebody, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a recombinant microorganism having introduced therein the polynucleotide or the vector, a method of producing the repebody using the recombinant microorganism, a composition for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises the repebody, and a method for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises administering the composition for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises the repebody. The repebody of the present invention significantly reduces the activity of signal transduction and activator of transciption3 (STAT3) and the concentration of interleukin-6, and thus can be widely used as an agent for preventing or treating IL-6-related diseases.

Abstract: Provided are a hydrophilic particle, a method for manufacturing the same, and a contrasting agent using the same. More specifically, the hydrophilic particle according to the inventive concept may include a hydrophobic particle, and an amphiphilic organic dye directly absorbed on a surface of the hydrophobic particle. In this case, the hydrophobic particle includes a center particle, and a hydrophobic ligand covering a surface of the center particle, and the amphiphilic organic dye may be combined to the hydrophobic ligand by a hydrophobic interaction. The hydrophilic particle may have a surface zeta potential lower than a surface zeta potential of the amphiphilic organic dye.