Abstract: A structure and method for bonding heat-insulating protection walls of a liquefied natural gas carrier is provided. Each of the heat-insulating protection walls is formed of an insulation foam layer and a fiber-reinforced composite reinforcing sheet attached to a surface of the insulation foam layer. The heat-insulating protection walls are provided in a tank of the liquefied natural gas carrier in a mutually adjoining relationship and bonded to one another at a junction to keep the tank cold. The structure includes a fiber-reinforced composite joint sheet positioned in alignment with the juncture of the heat-insulating protection walls and bonded to the fiber-reinforced composite reinforcing sheet by an adhesive agent and a spacer interposed between the fiber-reinforced composite reinforcing sheet and the fiber-reinforced composite joint sheet for keeping the adhesive agent uniform in thickness.

Abstract: A detection oligomer and method for controlling the quality of a biochip using the detection oligomer are provided. The detection oligomer includes a template having a first and second end and having a sequence that is complementary to a specific sequence of an oligomer, and a hairpin connected to the first end of the template.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating components and a method of separating components using the apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes: a main chamber which contains a sample that is separated into a plurality of layers by a centrifugal force; a component separating chamber which is connected to the main chamber, and receives a specific layer including specific components among the plurality of layers; a first channel which connects the component separating chamber to the main chamber; and a first channel valve which is disposed in the first channel to control a liquid flowing through the first channel.

Abstract: Provided is a slide processing apparatus for processing a plurality of slides to which a bio probe is attached. The slide processing apparatus includes a reaction chamber of which side walls are sealed, and a plurality of reaction heating plates disposed in parallel in the reaction chamber at a first distance from each other. The slides are mounted adjacent to the reaction heating plates in the reaction chamber and in parallel to the reaction heating plates.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical transmission apparatus for transmitting solar light to a lighting apparatus using a plastic optical fiber. A connector is mounted to a light collector. A coupling is inserted into the connector and has a first through hole and a second through hole. The second through hole has a tapered shape. The plastic optical fiber is inserted into the first and second through holes of the coupling. An optical fiber holding jig is inserted into the second through hole and surrounds the plastic optical fiber. A fastening bolt has a hole into which the plastic optical fiber is inserted. The fastening bolt is threaded into the coupling to bring the optical fiber holding jig into close contact with the plastic optical fiber. A fastening nut is threaded over the connector to dispose the coupling in the center hole of the connector.

Abstract: A solar lighting apparatus uses optical fibers to transmit solar light for illumination. The apparatus includes a support frame, optical fibers, a hybrid solar light diffuser and a reflective sheet. The optical fibers are fastened to the support frame and are spaced apart from each other at regular intervals. The hybrid solar light diffuser is coupled to a lower portion of the support frame and includes a diffusion plate and diffusion lenses which are provided on the diffusion plate at positions corresponding to the respective optical fibers. Each diffusion lens has a width increasing from a top thereof to a bottom. An incident depression is formed in the upper end of each diffusion lens. A reflective surface is formed on the circumferential outer surface of each diffusion lens to diffuse and reflect solar light. The reflective sheet is applied to the lower surface of the support frame.

Abstract: Provided is a method of analyzing a target nucleic acid sequence by using an elongation reaction and a ligation reaction.

Abstract: An apparatus for a cargo insulation panel and an insulation panel using the fixing apparatus are provided. By providing a fixing apparatus of a cargo insulation panel and an insulation panel using the fixing apparatus, which include a fixing plate adhered to one face of the insulation panel, a plurality of fixing brackets protruded to the outside of the fixing plate, protruded portions of the fixing brackets being fixed by stud bolts arranged on the hull, and coupling means being configured to couple the fixing brackets to the fixing plate, the present invention can improve the continuity of the insulation panel, enhance the adhesiveness and airtightness with a member such as supple triplex, easily adjust adjacent insulation panels vertically or laterally, and solve the problem of damage by interference or the inconvenience of transportation by allowing the fixing bracket to be inserted during the transportation of the insulation panel.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for playing music, which can play music by simply sharing the music with an external device. An apparatus for playing music includes a first portable terminal and a second portable terminal. The first portable terminal transmits FM channel information of an FM transmitter, which is set to broadcast in-play music thereof, and an FM radio application execution command through near field communication (NFC). The second portable terminal receives the FM channel information and the FM radio application execution command from the first portable terminal through the NFC, then executes the FM radio application based on the FM channel information to receive and play the music broadcasted from the first portable terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum interrupter in a vacuum circuit breaker. According to the present invention, there is provided an attraction member made of a ferromagnetic body for surrounding between the stationary electrode and movable electrode to attract a radial magnetic field generated in a radial direction between the stationary electrode and movable electrode by means of the attraction member, and through this a component of the radial magnetic field may be increased in an overall horizontal direction between the stationary electrode and movable electrode, and as a result the radial magnetic field may be further enhanced between both electrodes, thereby strengthening an arc driving force.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for estimating and compensating for a time offset and a carrier frequency offset in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) communication system that supports Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA). According to the present invention, a phase difference of pilot signals of the same transmitting antenna, which are received through receiving antennas, is calculated. An arc tangent operation is then carried out on the phase difference of the pilot signals to calculate a time offset linear phase and/or a carrier frequency offset linear phase. Further, a time offset compensation value and/or a carrier frequency offset compensation value are found by employing the time offset linear phase and/or the carrier frequency offset linear phase.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is disclosed a contact of the vacuum interrupter, comprises a plurality of slot portions formed in an extended manner toward an outer circumferential surface from a plurality of positions, respectively, spaced apart from the center of a contact surface, and a petal portion formed between a pair of the adjacent slot portions, and to minimize a mechanical fragile part having a narrow width in the petal portion while inducing the rotational movement of an arc, each of the slot portion comprises a first end portion closed and adjacent to the center, a second end portion open and adjacent to the outer circumferential surface, a first slot portion linearly extended from the first end portion, and a second slot portion linearly extended to the second end portion by bending the first slot portion at a predetermined angle.

Abstract: A redundancy control circuit includes an address fuse circuit and a first circuit. The address fuse circuit includes a plurality of first fuses. Each of the first fuses is configured to be cut based on a result of comparing a number of bits of a defective input address having a first logic level with a number of bits of the defective input address having a second logic level. The address fuse circuit is configured to generate a first address using the first fuses based on a cutting operation that depends on the result of comparing. The first circuit is configured to output either the first address or a second address that is an inverted address of the first address as a repair address, wherein a logic level of each of bits of the repair address is the same as that of the defective input address.

Abstract: A system and method for forming an online social network using genome information, comprising a web server that creates a database of detailed information of members, including genome information of the member, as inputted from member terminals, and which generates a social network on the world wide web based on the genome information of the members.

Abstract: A radio frequency filter comprising: housing body having input/output connectors and containing space which is divided into spaces by means of diaphragm; at least one resonator rod arranged in the housing; housing cover coupled to the housing body; wherein the housing body and the housing cover are coupled to each other by laser welding. The radio frequency filter according to the present invention can reduce PIMD due to reduce Contact Nonlinearity, and inhibit to erode away because the laser welding method dissolve different metallic materials each other and take a convalent bond, and reduce its manufacturing process time and cost because it is unnecessary drilling a hole and fastening a screw to fasten the housing and the housing cover each other and can simplify its manufacturing process and raise productivity because only irradiate laser beam on irradiated area of the housing cover.

Abstract: A level detector, a voltage generator, and a semiconductor device are provided. The voltage generator includes a level detector that senses the level of an output voltage to output a sensing signal and a voltage generating unit that generates the output voltage in response to the sensing signal. The level detector may include a first reference voltage generator configured to divide a first voltage and to output a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage generator configured to divide a second voltage in response to the output voltage and to output a second reference voltage that varies as a function of temperature, and a differential amplifier configured to receive the first and second reference voltages and to output a sensing signal in response to a sensing voltage generated by amplifying a difference between the first and second reference voltages.

Abstract: A wireless communication base station sharing apparatus for sharing one antenna between a main system and a subsystem is provided. In the wireless communication base station sharing apparatus, a first signal combiner/distributor is connected to a transmission/reception signal line of a main system duplexer through a first port, distributes a signal received through the first port to second and third ports, combines the signals received through the second and third ports according to the phases of the signals, and provides the combined signal through the first port or a fourth port. A second signal combiner/distributor is connected to a transmission/reception signal line of a subsystem duplexer through a fifth port and the antenna through an eighth port, distributes a signal received through the fifth port to sixth and seventh ports, combines the signals received through the sixth and seventh ports according to the phases of the signals, and provides the combined signal through the fifth or eighth port.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a reinforcing member for a membrane for improving the pressure-withstanding property of the membrane having corrugations, and a membrane assembly having the reinforcing member and a method of constructing the membrane assembly. By providing a reinforcing member for a membrane having corrugations and installed in an insulating structural member of an LNG cargo, the present invention can prevent the collapse of the corrugation and attenuate shocks against a same load without increasing the facial rigidity of the corrugation, and improve the insulating property by forming an additional insulating layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel and a phase difference plate. The liquid crystal display panel includes an array substrate provided therein with pixel areas to display an image, an opposite substrate which faces the array substrate, and a blue-phase liquid crystal which is interposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate. A reflective peak wavelength indicated by the peak reflectance of the blue-phase liquid crystal is positioned in the wavelength band of a visible light. The phase difference plate is provided above or below the liquid crystal display panel. The driving voltage and the memory ratio of the blue-phase liquid crystal are reduced, and the light leakage caused by a visible light selectively reflected by the blue-phase liquid crystal can be prevented.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating components and a method of separating components using the apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes: a main chamber which contains a sample that is separated into a plurality of layers by a centrifugal force; a component separating chamber which is connected to the main chamber, and receives a specific layer including specific components among the plurality of layers; a first channel which connects the component separating chamber to the main chamber; and a first channel valve which is disposed in the first channel to control a liquid flowing through the first channel.