Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of a long fiber composite material according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a main body where an inlet through which a plurality of fiber bundles are penetrated is formed at one side and an outlet through the fiber bundles are discharged is formed at the other side; a plurality of first through-hole plates that are arranged in parallel with each other along a first direction in the main body and having a plurality of through-holes through which the plurality of fiber bundles are penetrated formed therein; and a second through-hole plate that is disposed between a pair of first through-hole plates that are adjacent to each other among the plurality of first through-hole plates, and through which the plurality of fiber bundles penetrated through the first through-hole plates are penetrated.

Abstract: An anti-reflection storage medium. The anti-reflection storage medium includes a storage layer and a protective overcoat disposed over the storage later. The protective overcoat has a first refractive index value that is matched to a second refractive index value of the storage layer to reduce reflection of incident light applied to the storage medium when data is written to the storage layer of the storage medium.

Abstract: A method includes forming a polysilicon layer with an uneven upper surface over a first region and a second region of a substrate, doping a top portion of the polysilicon layer to change its removal rate, thereby forming a doped layer, and removing the doped layer in the first region to expose the polysilicon layer in the first region and leaving at least a portion of the doped layer in the second region. The method also includes removing the exposed polysilicon layer in the first region at a first removal rate and the doped layer in the second region at a second removal rate, the polysilicon layer in the second region being exposed after the doped layer in the second region is removed, and removing the polysilicon layer in the first region and the second region at a third removal rate and a fourth removal rate, respectively.

Abstract: A method is presented that includes the step of polishing a wafer positioned on a platen. After polishing the wafer, the method includes initiating a high pressure rinse on the wafer while the wafer is positioned on the platen, wherein the high pressure rinse includes a hydrophilic solution. The wafer is soaked in the hydrophilic solution, and after soaking the wafer, the wafer is cleaned.

Abstract: Organic compounds suitable for organic layers of electronic devices that show reduced driving voltage, increased luminous efficiency and/or increased power efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method of de-activating a local internet protocol access (LIPA) bearer supporting local breakout in a dual-connectivity architecture. When a master eNodeB (MeNB) determines to change a secondary eNodeB (SeNB) serving a user equipment (UE) or hand the UE over from the MeNB to an eNB, the MeNB may trigger a LIPA bearer de-activation process, and then trigger the process of change the SeNB serving the UE or hand the UE over from the MeNB to the eNB. Various examples also provide another method and an apparatus for de-activating a LIPA bearer, for bearer switch, for establishing a LIPA bearer.

Abstract: A control system includes a first expander board and a second expander board. The first expander board selects a first data segment from a first data signal according to a first clock signal. The second expander board is electrically connected to the first expander board. The second expander board is configured to receive the first data segment and the first clock signal of the first expander board. The second expander board selects a second data segment from a second data signal according to a second clock signal and sequentially outputs the first data segment and the second data segment. The sequentially output form of the first data segment and the second data segment from the second expander board is a serial data signal.

Abstract: A hearing assistance device for informing about the state of a wearer includes: an input part configured to receive a selection input for either an ambient listening function or a music listening function; at least one microphone configured to pick up ambient sound; a speaker configured to send the ambient sound to the wearer; a communication part configured to perform wired or wireless communication with an external electronic communication device; an indication part configured to indicate that the ambient listening function or the music listening function is being performed; and a controller configured to perform the ambient listening function to pick up ambient sound from the microphone according to a selection input from the input part and send the ambient sound to the speaker, or perform the music listening function to play stored music or music received from the communication part and send the music to the speaker.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds that specifically bind a T1R1/T1R3 or T1R2/T1R3 receptor or fragments or sub-units thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of hetero-oligomeric and chimeric taste receptors comprising T1R1/T1R3 and T1R2/T1R3 in assays to identify compounds that respectively respond to umami taste stimuli and sweet taste stimuli. Further, the invention relates to the constitutive of cell lines that stably or transiently co-express a combination of T1R1 and T1R3; or T1R2 and T1R3; under constitutive or inducible conditions. The use of these cells lines in cell-based assays to identify umami and sweet taste modulatory compounds is also provided, particularly high throughput screening assays that detect receptor activity by use of fluorometric imaging.

Abstract: The disclosed wearable device modulates a patient's gastric emptying time and/or gastric retention time. The wearable device includes a microprocessor, electrical stimulator and at least one electrode configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the epidermis, through a range of 0.1 mm to 10 mm or a range of 0.1 mm to 20 mm of the dermis, of a T2 dermatome to a T12 dermatome or meridian of the patient, a C5 to a T1 dermatome across the hand and/or arm, and/or the upper chest regions. The device is adapted to provide electrical stimulation as per stimulation protocols and to communicate wirelessly with a companion control device configured to monitor and record appetite patterns of the patient. The control device is also configured to monitor, record, and modify stimulation parameters of the stimulation protocols.

Abstract: An inhibitor composition contains alkyl thiophosphoric triamide (or a mixture of alkyl thiophosphoric triamide and dicyandiamide), dissolved in a liquid medium comprising at least one organic solvent, at least one amine stabilizer and, optionally, at least one dye and/or at least one odor masking agent, is useful in making fertilizer compositions and in a method of fertilizing target plants.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including at least one opened surface, a touchscreen display at least a portion of which is exposed through the opened surface of the housing, and a pressure sensor disposed between the touchscreen display and the housing. The pressure sensor includes a first electrode plate having a first size and a first shape, a second electrode plate having a size and a shape that are the same as or similar to the first size and the first shape and facing the first electrode plate, a dielectric layer disposed in a first area between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, and a waterproof member disposed in a second area corresponding to a peripheral area of the first area and at least partially enclosing a space between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate.

Abstract: A wireless communication system comprises a source node, a destination node, and a plurality of half-duplex relay nodes disposed between the source node and the destination node. The half-duplex relay nodes are configured in two disjoint paths each comprising an equal number of hops from the source node to the destination node. The source node is configured to alternately transmit information via the two disjoint paths in alternating time slots, and the destination node is configured to alternately receive information via the two disjoint paths in alternating time slots.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a first substrate, a display unit defining an active area on the first substrate and including an insulating layer, a second substrate on the display unit, one or more signal lines outside the active area and on the insulating layer, and a sealant between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sealant bonds the first substrate and the second substrate, and covers at least a portion of the signal lines.

Abstract: A voice enhancing device with an audio focusing function is disclosed. The voice enhancing device has an audio focusing function capable of selectively enhancing voice depending on a speaking person's location. The voice enhancing device, which is wearable on a human body, includes: left and right earphones configured to fit into left and right ears of a wearer of the voice enhancing device, respectively; two or more microphones configured to acquire a sound; and a processing part configured to at least perform signal processing tasks for active noise cancellation on sound signals from the microphones and output processed sound signals to the earphones. The processing part is configured to perform the signal processing tasks to amplify only sound signals picked up from an interested direction and to attenuate sound signals picked up from other directions.

Abstract: Disclosed are clothes for providing a display function. The clothes may include: a flexible display module including a predetermined number of light emitting diode elements disposed at a predetermined interval; a communication module which communicates with at least one of a user terminal and a control server, and receives at least one of a control signal and image data, the image data including at least one of still image data and video data; a control module which controls the flexible display module to output an image corresponding to h received image data in response to the received control signal or a control signal generated by the control module; and a memory module which stores at least one of an image that is displayable in the flexible display module and identification information of the clothes.

Abstract: Techniques for replication of a client database to remote devices are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a server database management component operative to receive a collection subscription command from a client device at a database synchronization system, the collection subscription command specifying an object collection; and detect a collection change for the object collection; and an update queue management component operative to register the client device for push notification with a collection update queue associated with the object collection; and add a collection update to the collection update queue, the collection update based on the collection change. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for space status detection based on acoustic chirp signals are provided. The method includes following steps. One of a plurality of acoustic chirp signals is transmitted into a space respectively at a plurality of different time points. A plurality of acoustic waves that are the transmitted acoustic chirp signals varied in the space are sequentially received to generate a plurality of acoustic spatial response signals, and a plurality of space features of the space are obtained based on the acoustic spatial response signals. A status change of the space is detected by comparing two of the space features.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) in which M redundant sub-modules are additionally arranged in addition to the N sub-modules that are needed for operation, and the N+M sub-modules are controlled so as to participate in switching in turn. The MMC according to an embodiment of the present invention includes multiple sub-modules connected in series with each other and a controller for controlling on/off switching of the sub-modules. Here, the multiple sub-modules include N sub-modules that participate in the operation of the MMC and M redundant sub-modules for replacing a failing sub-module when at least one of the N sub-modules fails, and the controller switches on the sub-module if the carrier signal assigned thereto is higher than a preset reference signal, and switches off the sub-module if the carrier signal assigned thereto is lower than the reference signal.

Abstract: Techniques for database replication between client devices are described. In another embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a local database management component operative to send a collection subscription command from a client device to a database synchronization system, the collection subscription command specifying an object collection; and update a local database store for the object collection on the client device using a collection update; and a local queue component operative to receive the collection update from the database synchronization system based on the collection subscription command, the collection update for the object collection, the collection update received as a push notification from the database synchronization system; and send an update acknowledgement in response to the collection update based on the updating of the local database store for the object collection. Other embodiments are described and claimed.