Abstract: The present application discloses W-rich peptide that is useful for inhibiting FPR class receptor activity.

Abstract: Provided is a guard trace pattern reducing far-end crosstalk and a printed circuit board having the guard trace pattern. The guard trace pattern includes a first guard trace pattern parallel with two signal lines and a plurality of second guard trace patterns perpendicular to the first guard trace pattern to increase mutual capacitance between the two signal lines and the guard trace pattern and increase mutual capacitance between the two signal lines. The printed circuit board includes the aforementioned guard trace pattern disposed between micro strip transmission lines. A characteristic impedance of the guard trace pattern is different from a characteristic impedance of the micro strip transmission lines, and resistances having the same value as a resistance component value of the characteristic impedance of the guard trace pattern are provided to both ends of the guard trace pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stereo image matching method for re-creating 3-dimensional spatial information from a pair of 2-dimensional images. The conventional stereo image matching method generates much noise from a disparity value in the vertical direction, but the present invention uses disparity information of adjacent image lines as a constraint condition to eliminate the noise in the vertical direction, and compress the disparity by using a differential coding method to thereby increase a compression rate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an oxidation catalyst for use in removing fine soot particulates from exhaust gases of diesel engines, incinerators, boilers or other combustion devices, and to a method of removing fine soot particulates using the oxidation catalyst. The oxidation catalyst of the current invention functions to effectively remove fine soot particulates at a low temperature, and also, has thermal durability, and thus, the activity of the catalyst may be stably maintained even under thermal stress for a long time period. Further, the catalyst prevents poisoning due to a sulfur compound present in exhaust gases, and can maintain stable activity.

Abstract: The present application describes peptides that stimulate arachidonic acid release in target cells. The application also discloses peptides that cause intracellular calcium release. The application also discloses methods of using the disclosed peptides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bioadhesive derived from mussel. In particular, it relates to a novel Mytilus galloprovincialis foot protein type 5 (MGFP-5) and a recombinant protein that is a hybrid of MGFP-5 and foot protein type 1 (FP-1), where an adhesive protein with adhesive activity can be economically mass-produced to be used in place of chemical adhesives through the present invention.

Abstract: Provided is a method of determining a three-dimensional distribution of structural defects in a single crystal material, the method comprising: (a) disposing a single crystal sample on a holder, the sample being set to a symmetric reflection in the Bragg Geometry; (b) projecting a beam of incident x-rays on a predetermined crystal plane in the sample and reflecting the x-rays while the sample is azimuthally rotating with respect to an normal axis, the normal axis being perpendicular to the predetermined crystal plane; (c) obtaining geometrical measured values of a two-dimensional configuration of defects on the detector plane of a CCD detector; and (d) determining the three-dimensional distribution of the defects in the sample by formulating a geometrical relation between a three-dimensional configuration of defects on the sample and the geometrical measured values of the two-dimensional configuration of defects on the detector plane.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rotaxane compound that can be used to separate molecules within a linkage layer formed on a solid substrate of a biochip by a predetermined distance. The compound is represented by Formula 1, in which a compound of Formula 3 vertically passes through a cavity of cucurbituril or its derivative of Formula 2. It further provides gene chips, protein chips and sensors for biomaterial assays which use the rotaxane molecules to allow biomaterials to be immobilized on a linkage layer such that they are regularly spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A field emission display (FED) with an integrated triode structure is provided. The FED can be manufactured without using a complex packaging process and have a significantly reduced well diameter and a significantly reduced cathode-to-anode distance. In the FED, front and rear panels form a single body using an anode insulating layer as an intermediate. A method for manufacturing the FED using anodic oxidation is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel thermostable gluconate dehydratase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus, a coding sequence, and an expression system. The gluconate dehydratase has a molecular weight of about 320,000 to 380,000 daltons as the native protein, and about 40,000 to 50,000 daltons as the monomer protein, and catalyzes the dehydration reaction of aldonic acids to 2-keto-3-deoxy derivatives at temperatures of less than 120° C. The gluconate dehydratase can be produced from native or recombinant host cells and thereby used in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and other industries.

Abstract: Inositol derivatives in accordance with the present invention are effective in significantly enhancing the transportation of various therapeutic molecules across a biological membrane, which may include the plasma membrane, nuclear membrane or blood-brain barrier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stereo image matching method for re-creating 3-dimensional spatial information from a pair of 2-dimensional images. The conventional stereo image matching method generates much noise from a disparity value in the vertical direction, but the present invention uses disparity information of adjacent image lines as a constraint condition to eliminate the noise in the vertical direction, and compress the disparity by using a differential coding method to thereby increase a compression rate.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for channel estimation and CP reconstruction in an OFDM-STBC mobile communication system are provided. An ISI canceller cancels ISI signal components from first and second received symbol sequences. A cyclicity restorer cancels ICI signal components from the ISI-cancelled first received symbol sequence and the ISI-cancelled second received symbol sequence. A recoverer acquires the recovered sequence estimates of the ICI-cancelled first received symbol sequence and the ICI-cancelled second received symbol sequence by decoding. The ICI cancellation of the ISI-cancelled first and second received symbol sequences and the ISI cancellation of the second received symbol sequence are iterated a predetermined number of times.

Abstract: A highly active and recyclable supported transition metal catalyst can be prepared by a simple process comprising mixing with heating a transition metal complex, a metal-chelating agent and an alkoxide of Ti, Al or Si, followed by treatment with water to induce a sol-gel reaction among the reactants.

Abstract: Provided is a current-source push-pull DC-DC converter using an active clamp circuit for reusing energy of leakage inductances by not only diodes on a secondary side of a transformer being zero-current switched using a series-resonant full-wave rectifier, but also the active clamp circuit on a primary side of the transformer, which provides a discharge path of the energy stored in the leakage inductances, increases power conversion efficiency even for a wide input voltage range and reduces a switch voltage stress as compared to a conventional current-source push-pull circuit by operating even for a duty ratio below 0.5 by flowing a current of an input inductor through capacitors of the active clamp circuit when both main switches are off.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring force applied to a hand when a worker works in an industrial field. The measuring apparatus includes a glove with a plurality of sensors on the palm side, a case with a band, and a register for receiving and registering measurement signals obtained in the sensors, the register being mounted in the case.

Abstract: An electric field emission device having a triode structure is fabricated by using an anodic oxidation process. The device includes a supporting substrate, a bottom electrode layer to be used as an cathode electrode of the device, a gate insulating layer having a plurality of first sub-micro holes, a gate electrode layer having a plurality of second sub-micro holes connecting to the first sub-micro holes, an anode insulating layer having a plurality of third sub-micro holes connecting to the second sub-micro holes, a top electrode layer for hermetically sealing the device, the top electrode layer being used as an anode of the device and a plurality of emitters formed in the first sub-micro holes. The emitters are formed so as to come into as close contact as possible to the electrodes of the device, which results in decreasing a driving voltage.

Abstract: An method and apparatus for power amplification in a mobile communication system, wherein a signal converter for receives signals from a baseband-side, modulates the received signals into oversampled baseband digital signals, and generates signals having a constant envelope with the oversampled base band digital signals, an up-converter up-converts the generated signals having the constant envelope to Radio Frequency (RF) signals for output, and a power amplifier amplifies the RF signals according to system setup levels and outputs envelope signals of a predetermined level.

Abstract: In a multi-layered real-time stereo matching system with a systolic array, one scan line in one digital image of the left and the right digital image is compared with multiple scan lines in the other digital image of the left and the right digital image in real-time so that each pixel in the one scan line may be matched with a pixel in the multiple scan lines in the other digital image.

Abstract: A heterojunction structure composed of a p-type semiconductor thin film and n-type ZnO-based nanorods epitaxially grown thereon exhibits high luminescence efficiency property due to facilitated tunneling of electrons through the nano-sized junction and the use of ZnO having high exciton energy as a light emitting material, and thus it can be advantageously used in nano-devices such as LED, field effect transistor, photodetector, sensor, etc.