Abstract: A method for distinguishing between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins and a method for quantifying blood vessels are disclosed. The method for distinguishing between pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins includes: forming a set of pulmonary vessels for points corresponding to pulmonary vessels, wherein each of the points of the set of pulmonary vessels has weight information; forming a tree from the points of the set of pulmonary vessels by using the weight information; and distinguishing between the pulmonary arteries and the pulmonary veins by separating the tree into a plurality of regions. The method for quantifying blood vessels includes: extracting blood vessels as a three-dimensional set of voxels based on medical images of an organ; finding the voxels of blood vessels included in a region of interest of the organ; and quantifying length information of the blood vessels by using the found voxels.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for molding a substantially improved heat-resistant sound absorbing and insulating material, which uses a sound absorbing material containing, based on 100 parts by weight of the sound absorbing material, an amount of about 20-80 parts by weight of a fiber material having a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of about 25% or greater and a heat resistance temperature of about 200° C. or greater and an amount of about 20-80 parts by weight of a thermosetting binder resin having a heat resistance temperature of about 200° C. or greater and is installed on an engine cylinder block and an automotive body panel above a muffler of a vehicle. The method includes: a releasing agent coating step of coating a releasing agent inside a heated die; a heated compression molding step of fixing a shape; and a cold compression step of stabilizing the shape.

Abstract: Described is a memory controller interfacing with a host and a nonvolatile memory. The memory controller may include a buffer unit configured to store an input address table and a first hot address table; and a processing unit configured to judge whether an address from the host coincides with one of addresses stored in the input address table and to store the address from the host in the first hot address table according to the judgment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for molding a highly heat-resistant sound absorbing and insulating material, which uses a sound absorbing material containing 20-80 parts by weight of a fiber material having a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of 25% or greater and a heat resistance temperature of 200° C. or greater and 20-80 parts by weight of a thermosetting binder resin having a heat resistance temperature of 200° C. or greater and is installed on an engine cylinder block and an automotive body panel above a muffler of a vehicle. More specifically, the method includes a releasing agent coating step of coating a releasing agent inside a hot die, a hot compression molding step of fixing a shape, and a cold compression step of stabilizing the shape.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene resin composition for automobile interior trim parts with superior paint adhesivity and low specific gravity. More specifically, a polypropylene resin composition for automobile interior trim parts having superior paint adhesivity and low specific gravity is disclosed, wherein a base resin including polypropylene, a propylene-ethylene copolymer or a mixture thereof is mixed with a reinforcer including magnesium hydroxide and an ethylene-butene elastomer. The present polypropylene resin composition allows for direct painting of an automobile interior trim part surface without primer treatment and provides excellent resistance to damage caused by impact.

Abstract: An operating method of a memory controller includes classifying a plurality of blocks in a memory cell array included in a flash memory into a first group and a second group according to the number of error bits in data programmed to each of the blocks, and creating a combinational block by combining a first block from the first group with a second block from the second group.

Abstract: A data processing device for a storage device can include a dictionary storage unit that is configured to store a plurality of dictionaries and a compression unit that is configured to determine a selected dictionary from the plurality of dictionaries based on received data, and compress the received data using the selected dictionary to provide compressed data. Each of the plurality of dictionaries can include a plurality of pattern-symbol correspondence relations defining a one-to-one correspondence between respective ones of a plurality of patterns and respective ones of a plurality of symbols.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene resin composition and interior and exterior materials for vehicles using the same, particularly an olefin-based polypropylene resin composition including: about 50 to 70% by weight of a high crystalline polypropylene; about 10 to 20% by weight of a reactor made thermoplastic polyolefin (RTPO) polypropylene; about 5 to 20% by weight of an inorganic filler; about 10 to 20% by weight of a rubber elastomer; and about 3% by weight or less of a slip agent, based on the total weight of the composition. The composition provides excellent physical properties such as high strength and impact resistance, and thus superior resistance to damage, and shows low gloss characteristics and excellent fluidity.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating a data storage device comprising a storage medium and a controller configured to control operations of the storage medium. The method comprises determining whether a read-requested data strip is an error data strip, reading a plurality of data strips in a stripe comprising the read-requested data strip when the read-requested data strip is the error data strip, outputting a data strip recovered using the other data strip except the error data strip among the plurality of data strips, and writing the recovered data strip and the other data strips into the storage medium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene resin composition for automobile interior trim parts with superior paint adhesivity and low specific gravity. More specifically, a polypropylene resin composition for automobile interior trim parts having superior paint adhesivity and low specific gravity is disclosed, wherein a base resin including polypropylene, a propylene-ethylene copolymer or a mixture thereof is mixed with a reinforcer including magnesium hydroxide and an ethylene-butene elastomer. The present polypropylene resin composition allows for direct painting of an automobile interior trim part surface without primer treatment and provides excellent resistance to damage caused by impact.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the inventive concepts, there is provided a non-volatile memory device including a memory array with at least one stripe. The at least one stripe includes at least one parity page and at least one data page. The non-volatile memory device further includes a chip controller. The chip controller includes an operation module configured to perform an operation on data input from the outside of the memory device, to store a result of the performing, and to program the result of the performing into the at least one parity page. The chip controller further includes a data buffer configured to store the input data and to program the input data into the at least one data page.

Abstract: A data processing device for a storage device can include a dictionary storage unit that is configured to store a plurality of dictionaries and a compression unit that is configured to determine a selected dictionary from the plurality of dictionaries based on received data, and compress the received data using the selected dictionary to provide compressed data. Each of the plurality of dictionaries can include a plurality of pattern-symbol correspondence relations defining a one-to-one correspondence between respective ones of a plurality of patterns and respective ones of a plurality of symbols.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating a data storage device comprising a storage medium and a controller configured to control operations of the storage medium. The method comprises determining whether a read-requested data strip is an error data strip, reading a plurality of data strips in a stripe comprising the read-requested data strip when the read-requested data strip is the error data strip, outputting a data strip recovered using the other data strip except the error data strip among the plurality of data strips, and writing the recovered data strip and the other data strips into the storage medium.

Abstract: An operating method of a memory controller includes classifying a plurality of blocks in a memory cell array included in a flash memory into a first group and a second group according to the number of error bits in data programmed to each of the blocks, and creating a combinational block by combining a first block from the first group with a second block from the second group.

Abstract: Described is a memory controller interfacing with a host and a nonvolatile memory. The memory controller may include a buffer unit configured to store an input address table and a first hot address table; and a processing unit configured to judge whether an address from the host coincides with one of addresses stored in the input address table and to store the address from the host in the first hot address table according to the judgment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed therebetween, and a surface plasmon layer disposed between the active layer and at least one of the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, including metallic particles and an insulating material, and including a conductive via for electrical connection between the active layer and the at least one of the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, wherein the metallic particles are enclosed by the insulating material to be insulated from the at least one of the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers. The semiconductor light emitting device can achieve enhanced emission efficiency by using surface plasmon resonance. Using the semiconductor light emitting device, the diffusion of a metal employed for surface plasmon resonance into the active layer can be minimized.

Abstract: There is provided a nitride semiconductor light emitting device including: an n-type semiconductor region; an active layer formed on the n-type semiconductor region; a p-type semiconductor region formed on the active layer; an n-electrode disposed in contact with the n-type semiconductor region; a p-electrode formed on the p-type semiconductor region; and at least one intermediate layer formed in at least one of the n-type semiconductor region and the p-type semiconductor region, the intermediate layer disposed above the n-electrode, wherein the intermediate layer is formed of a multi-layer structure where at least three layers with different band gaps from one another are deposited, wherein the multi-layer structure includes one of an AlGaN layer/GaN layer/InGaN layer stack and an InGaN layer/GaN layer/AlGaN layer stack.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed therebetween, and a surface plasmon layer disposed between the active layer and at least one of the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, including metallic particles and an insulating material, and including a conductive via for electrical connection between the active layer and the at least one of the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers, wherein the metallic particles are enclosed by the insulating material to be insulated from the at least one of the n-type and p-type semiconductor layers. The semiconductor light emitting device can achieve enhanced emission efficiency by using surface plasmon resonance. Using the semiconductor light emitting device, the diffusion of a metal employed for surface plasmon resonance into the active layer can be minimized.

Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a red phosphor layer, a green phosphor layer, and a blue phosphor layer. The thickness of the phosphor layer is satisfied by the following condition: when D is (S?2L)/S, D?0.64, S being a distance between barrier ribs at half the height of the barrier ribs, and L being a side thickness of the phosphor layer coated on the barrier ribs at half the height thereof.

Abstract: A plasma display panel and a method of manufacturing the plasma display panel are provided. The plasma display panel includes: a plurality of substrates including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a plurality of barrier ribs disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and defining a plurality of discharge spaces; a plurality of discharge electrodes disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; phosphor layers formed in the discharge spaces; and an external light shield layer formed inside the substrates.