Abstract: The present invention provides a light emission device and a manufacturing method thereof. The light emission device includes: i) a substrate; ii) a mask layer disposed on the substrate and having at least one opening; iii) a light emission structure formed on the mask layer surrounding the opening and extended substantially perpendicular to a surface of the substrate; iv) a first electrode formed on the mask layer while surface-contacting the external surface of the light emission structure; and v) a second electrode disposed in the light emission structure and surface-contacting the internal surface of the light emission structure.

Abstract: A method and a system for predicting a temperature of a battery include the steps of measuring a temperature at an entrance of a battery air conditioning line, an air volume of the battery air conditioning line, and a current amount of the battery. Deriving a heating value of the battery based on the measured data and the temperatures at multiple points of the battery by substituting the temperature at the entrance, the air volume, the current amount, and the heating value into an operation logic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-modified tantalum oxide nanoparticle, a method for preparation thereof, a contrast agent (medium) for X-ray computed tomography, and a highly dielectric (high-?) film using the same. In particular, the present invention is directed to a surface-modified tantalum oxide nanoparticle, a method for preparing surface-modified tantalum oxide nanoparticles, comprising: (i) adding an aqueous phase to an organic solvent which contains a surfactant, to prepare a water-in-oil microemulsion; (ii) introducing a tantalum precursor to said microemulsion; (iii) adding a surface-modifier having an organic silane group or phosphine group to a solution obtained at the step (ii); (iv) removing said organic solvent from a product obtained at the step (iii); and (v) separating surface-modified tantalum oxide nanoparticles from a mixture obtained at the step (iv), a contrast agent for X-ray computed tomography, and a highly dielectric (thin) film using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a receiver in a cooperative diversity system including one or a plurality of relays. The receiver includes: a detection unit configured to detect each of signals transmitted from the one or more relays, the one or more signals being generated by the one or more relays and by interleaving a signal from a transmitter; a deinterleaver configured to deinterleave each of the detected signals; a decoder configured to decode and each of the deinterleaved signals thereby to output one or more decoded signals; and an interleaver configured to interleave each of the one or more decoded signals thereby to output one or more interleaved signals, wherein the detection unit receives the one or more interleaved signals and compares them with the respective detected signals to discriminate the original signal transmitted by the transmitter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission beamforming method and apparatus in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based MIMO wireless system. In particular, the present invention relates to a transmission beamforming method in an OFDM-based MIMO wireless system and an apparatus therefor, wherein the transmission beamforming method comprises: estimating a channel from a received pilot signal and obtaining time for the estimating channel and 2D channel correlation information of a frequency band; obtaining estimated channel information based on the channel correlation information; obtaining differential information that represents a difference between the current channel and the estimated channel and quantizing the differential information; and generating a transmission beam weight by using a predefined code book from the quantized differential information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a variable focus lens containing graphene, a preparing method of the variable focus lens, a focus controlling method of the variable focus lens, and a display device including the variable focus lens.

Abstract: Provided is a method for noninvasive prediction or diagnosis of inflammation and/or infection in amniotic fluid leaked through the cervix into the vagina to predict the concentration of inflammatory markers in the amniotic fluid inside uterus by measuring the concentration of inflammatory markers (various cytokines). Further provided is a method for prediction or diagnosis of inflammation and/or infection in amniotic fluid by measuring the concentration of markers (IL-6, IL-1? IL-8, MCP-1, GRO-?) in the amniotic fluid leaked through the cervix into the vagina in patients with premature rupture of membranes. The method can be performed more stably on pregnant women, as compared to the conventional method for prediction or diagnosis of inflammation and/or infection using invasively collected amniotic fluid.

Abstract: An active region or channel for printed, organic or plastic electronics or polymer semiconductors, such as organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), is obtained by using an enhanced inkjet drop-cast printing technique. A two-liquid system is employed to achieve the direct growth of well-oriented organic crystals at the active region of channel. High-performance electrical properties exhibiting high carrier mobility and low threshold voltage are obtained due to the proper orientation of molecules in the grown crystal in a highest mobility direction, due to the absence of grain boundaries, and due to low trap densities. The hydrophobic-hydrophilic interactions between the liquids utilized, which results in the fabrication of low-cost and mass-producible printable electronic devices for applications in flexible displays, electronic signages, photovoltaic panels, membrane keyboards, radio frequency identification tags (RFIDs), electronic sensors, and integrated electronic circuits.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure for tissue regeneration and to a production method therefor. The structure for tissue regeneration according to the present invention allows autologous tissue to be used, makes stable transplantation possible and can be produced without additional materials such as biopolymers. Also, it can be produced to a diameter of any desired size from a number of microns to a number of centimeters and can easily be produced in volume, and it contains large amounts of the extracellular matrix GAG, collagen and the like and can be used in tissue regeneration or filling in various fields including dermatology, plastic surgery, dentistry, surgery, orthopaedic surgery, urology, otolaryngology or in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a displayable wind turbine. The displayable wind turbine includes a central shaft arranged vertically to a flow direction of fluid. Radially extending upper spokes are coupled to an upper hub. Radially extending lower spokes are coupled to a lower hub. Blades have first ends connected to an end of the upper hub and second ends connected to an end of the lower hub. A pitch control unit adjusts a blade pitch angle. A detection unit includes a fluid direction detection unit, a fluid velocity detection unit, a central shaft speed detection unit, and a central shaft position detection unit. A light emitting unit includes a printed circuit board and light emitting devices. A control unit controls operations of the pitch control unit and the light emitting unit.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a stack constituted by a set of fuel cells. An air supplier supplies air to an air electrode of the fuel cell and a hydrogen supplier supplies hydrogen to a fuel electrode of the fuel cell. A connector connects an air supply route for supplying the air to the air electrode from the air supplier and a hydrogen supply route for supplying the hydrogen to the fuel electrode from the hydrogen supplier. The hydrogen is supplied to the air electrode through the connector when the stack operates at a low temperature, which is equal to or lower than an optimal operating temperature.

Abstract: Provided are an optical device and a method for manufacturing same. The optical device according to the present invention including: a transparent amorphous substrate; a current injection layer formed on the substrate; a graphite layer formed on the current injection layer; and a semiconductor unit formed on the graphite layer, wherein the semiconductor unit is formed after forming the graphite layer on the amorphous substrate, thereby overcoming the problems of conventional methods that involve forming a semiconductor unit on an amorphous substrate, and the semiconductor unit of the present invention has superior crystallinity.

Abstract: Provided are a nitride thin film structure and a method of forming the same. If a nitride thin film is formed on a substrate that is not a nitride, many defects are generated by a difference in lattice constants between the substrate and the nitride thin film. Also, there is a problem of warping the substrate by a difference in thermal expansion coefficients between the substrate and the nitride thin film. In order to solve the problems, the present invention suggests a thin film structure in which after coating hollow particles, i.e. hollow structures on the substrate, the nitride thin film is grown thereon and the method of forming the thin film structure. According to the present invention, since an epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELO) effect can be obtained by the hollow structures, high-quality nitride thin film can be formed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing soundproofing composite, and a soundproofing composite manufactured by the aforementioned method, the method comprising preparing a mixture by dissolving PP resin and nanoclay in a solvent; and volatilizing the solvent from the mixture. According to the present invention, the composite is manufactured by dissolving PP resin and nanoclay, to thereby realize great stiffness and soundproofing properties.

Abstract: A method of predicting NOx generation amount may include calculating NO generation rate by using a combustion pressure of an engine and driving variables of the engine, obtaining NO generation period by using the combustion pressure of the engine, calculating NO generation amount based on the NO generation rate and the NO generation period, and predicting the NOx generation amount by obtaining NO2 generation amount based on a ratio between NO and NO2 according to the NO generation amount and a driving condition of the engine.

Abstract: Provided are quantum dots having a gradual composition gradient shell structure which have an improved luminous efficiency and optical stability, and a method of manufacturing the quantum dots in a short amount of time at low cost. In the method, the quantum dots can be manufactured in a short amount of time at low cost using a reactivity difference between semiconductor precursors, unlike in uneconomical and inefficient conventional methods where shells are formed after forming cores and performing cleaning and redispersion processes. Also, formation of the cores is followed by formation of shells having a composition gradient.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a DNA molecule capable of replication in Mycobacteria having a nucleic acid sequence as disclosed in SEQ ID NO: 1, a shuttle vector constructed using it and a transformed cells containing the present vector. The vector of about 18 kb of the present disclosure contains 16 ORFs, a replication origin and a rep-like protein essential for replication. Therefore, the plasmid of the present disclosure can be utilized as a gene delivery system/research, and also in a therapeutic system such as immune therapeutics by effectively delivering proteins or heterologous DNA and expressing the encoded DNA in cells.

Abstract: A method for generating a panoramic image and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes displaying guide information for guiding a movement of the electronic device on a display of the electronic device in order to obtain images forming at least a portion of a panoramic image, obtaining at least one image based on the guide information and orientation information of the electronic device, correcting a color of images based on at least a portion of the obtained images in order to form at least the portion of the panoramic image, aligning the images based on at least a portion where the obtained images have overlapped, and generating the panoramic image by projecting the aligned images onto a three-Dimensional (3-D) sphere.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include a plurality of data input/output DQ pads and a plurality of first and second memory cell arrays. Each path of a first set of data paths from each of the plurality of first memory cell arrays to a corresponding DQ pad is physically shorter than each path of a second set of data paths from each of the plurality of second memory cell arrays to the corresponding DQ pad. Each of the plurality of first memory cell arrays is a designated first-speed access cell array and each of the plurality of second memory cell arrays is a designated second-speed access cell array, the second-speed being slower than the first-speed. A size of the each of the plurality of first memory cell arrays is smaller than a size of the each of the plurality of second memory cell arrays.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition, comprising a GluR2-lacking AMPAR antagonist as an active ingredient, is effective for preventing or treating mental diseases selected from the group consisting of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), drug addiction, and phobia.