Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA). More particularly, a method of preparing PHA containing a high content of long-chain aromatic monomer-units by growing a phaZ mutant of a Pseudomonas strain in a medium containing a sugar, a substituted fatty acid, and a salicylic acid.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing digital rights of a portable storage device are provided. The method comprises a device performing authentication together with the portable storage device and sharing an encryption key with the portable storage device as a result of the authentication, requesting a rights object list from the portable storage device, receiving the rights object list from the portable storage device, and processing and displaying the rights object list.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bio lab-on-a-chip. The bio lab-on-a-chip is provided on a piezoelectric thin film on a substrate, and includes a sensing unit to sense a bio signal and a fluidic control unit which controls a transfer of a microfluid adjacent to the sensing unit. Provided is also a method of fabricating the bio lab-on-a-chip. The method includes the steps of forming a piezoelectric thin film, forming a sensing unit to sense a bio signal of a microfluid on the piezoelectric thin film, and forming a fluidic control unit located adjacent to the sensing unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for remotely controlling household appliances connected to a home network. A power line and a network processor is installed in each household appliance, enabling a household appliance user to remotely control the appliances from a place outside of as well as inside a home. Information about all conditions of the household appliances can be displayed on a screen displayable household appliance so that the user can recognize the operations of the appliances even during spare moments. A low-price built-in server is installed in each household appliance to assign the corresponding appliance a unique IP address simply over the Internet to be controlled according to an external user control command. A home server is connected to each of the household appliances such that the corresponding appliance receives a control command, sent in transit by a user from a mobile terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated circuit chip which includes a processor; a contact pad unit connected to a host through a plurality of contact pads; a host interface detector including at least one pull-up resistor and one pull-down resistor, for selectively connecting the pull-up resistor and the pull-down resistor to the contact pad unit to detect a host interface status; and an interface unit including a plurality of interface protocols, for communicating with the host using a part or all of the plurality of contact pads, wherein the processor receives a status of the host from the host interface detector, identifies a protocol of the host based on the received status of the host, and controls the interface unit so as to enable an interface protocol that is used to communicate with the host.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for canceling interference by a base station in a wireless mobile communication system. The method includes measuring a state of a channel with a mobile station, determining metric function values for channels that act as interference to the channel of the mobile station, selecting a predetermined number of interference channels in descending order of the metric function values, determining a weight vector for removing a signal transmitted over the interference channels, and applying the determined weight vector to a transmission signal and transmitting the weight vector applied signal.

Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT), a method of fabricating the same, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including the TFT. The TFT includes a substrate having a pixel region and a non-pixel region, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes disposed on the pixel region, at least one gettering site disposed on the non-pixel region, and at least one connection portion to connect the at least one gettering site and the semiconductor layer The method of fabricating the TFT includes patterning a polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) layer to form a plurality of semiconductor layers, connection portions, and at least one gettering site, the semiconductor layers being connected to the at least one gettering site via the connection portions, and annealing the substrate to getter the plurality of semiconductor layers.

Abstract: A microcontroller for securing data. The microcontroller may be included within a system. The microcontroller reads first and second data from first and second storages, respectively. The microcontroller compares the read first and second data. The microcontroller permits execution of a command based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a bit line connected to a plurality of memory cells in a memory block and a sense amplifier having a first node connected to the bit line and a second node, which is not connected to any bit line. The second node has a capacitive load less than that of the bit line. The sense amplifier amplifies a first data using a voltage difference between the first node and the second node caused by a charge sharing operation, and a second data using a capacitive mismatch between the first node and the second node.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing an emergency alert service in a portable terminal and for generating an alarm for the emergency alert service are provided. The method includes detecting, by a controller, an SOS execution signal while the portable terminal is being operated in a certain mode, identifying, by the controller, a current operating mode of the portable terminal in response to the SOS execution signal, outputting a control signal according to the identified operating mode to a source audio signal processor, and outputting, by the source audio signal processor, a source audio signal according to an input port receiving the control signal.

Abstract: In an inverse calculation circuit, an inverse calculation method, and a storage medium encoded with a computer readable computer program code, a random number generator generates a first random number and a second random number; and an inverter receives a plurality of first bits expressing a first element of a finite field(s) as first inputs, receives a plurality of second bits expressing a second element of a finite field(s) as second inputs. In response to the first and second random numbers, the inverter outputs a plurality of third bits expressing the inverse elements of the first element. The first random number prevents a different power analysis (DPA) decryption attack, and the second random number prevents a timing decryption attack.

Abstract: Provided are an optical sheet for high resolution, a filter comprising the same, and a display device having the optical sheet for high resolution or the filter. The optical sheet for high resolution includes: a plurality of external light absorption units that are disposed separate from each other at a predetermined interval and comprise a light absorbing material; a plurality of light transmission units optically separated from each other by the external light absorption units, wherein the refractive index of the light transmission unit is smaller than the refractive index of the external light absorption unit. Thus, the optical sheet for high resolution, the filter comprising the same, and the display device having the optical sheet for high resolution or the filter can maintain high resolution by reducing generation of ghost images and moiré phenomenon and improving the contrast ratio.

Abstract: A central control system and method for controlling air conditioners. The central control system performs central control operations for the air conditioners according to an operation schedule or control command inputted from a central controller coupled to the air conditioners through an internal network or a remote controller accessible to an external Internet network. When the air conditioners are simultaneously operated, control signals based on the control command are adjusted to prevent electric power consumption from abruptly increasing and hence the stability and reliability of control can be improved. The central controller includes a touch screen-based monitor. A control program included in the central controller provides a timetable corresponding to a specified period. An operator can conveniently input/edit the operation schedule through a dragging operation performed on the monitor, and confirm the inputted/edited operation schedule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a human interferon-beta mutein. In particular, the present invention relates to the human interferon-beta mutein having one or two additional sugar chains compared to natural human interferon-beta.

Abstract: A digital broadcasting data reception unit receives digital broadcasting data. A multimedia module parses the digital broadcasting data into video and audio data to output the video and audio data. A terminal control unit receives the digital broadcasting data from the digital broadcasting data reception unit when it is transmitted to the multimedia module, and parses the received digital broadcasting data into the video and audio data. A memory unit stores the video and audio data into which the digital broadcasting data is parsed by the terminal control unit according to a control operation of the terminal control unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for determining a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) using a beamforming in a multi-antenna system are provided. A transmitter for determining a CQI based at least partly upon the beamforming in the multi-antenna system includes a beam former for distinguishing frequency tone intervals having a constant channel across an entire frequency tone, forming a beam by multiplying frequency tones of the frequency tone interval having the constant channel by different beamforming weights, and transmitting a preamble signal. Hence, the users can be scheduled based at least partly upon the beamforming gain, and throughput can be enhanced through the practical MCS selection.

Abstract: Disclosed are biaryl benzoimidazole derivatives. They have an inhibitory effect on calcium influx in HEK cells, thereby showing a powerful antagonistic effect on a vanilloid receptor, and further have an analgesic effect, thereby being useful for preventing or treating pain, acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, postoperative pain, migraine, arthralgia, neuropathies, nerve injury, diabetic neuropathy, neurological illness, neurodermatitis, stroke, bladder hypersensitivity, irritable bowel syndrome, a respiratory disorder such as cough, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, burning, psoriasis, itching, vomiting, irritation of the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes, gastric-duodenal ulcers, inflammatory intestinal diseases, and inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for channel estimation in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) memory unit for collecting a predetermined number of pieces of channel information for two or more mobile stations (MSs), a CQI DIFference (CQIDIF) memory unit for storing a predetermined number of differences between consecutive pieces of channel information with respect to each MS, a CQIDIF dispersion unit for calculating a predetermined number of dispersions between two pieces of consecutive channel information with respect to each MS, and a second comparator for comparing a dispersion for differences between the two consecutive pieces of channel information with a second threshold to identify a Rician channel.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices having a plurality of fuses and methods of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device having a fuse including a substrate having a cell region and/or a fuse box region. A first insulation interlayer may be formed on the substrate. A first etch stop layer may be formed on the first insulation interlayer. A metal wiring including a barrier layer, a metal layer and/or a capping layer may be formed on the first etch stop layer of the cell region. Fuses, spaced apart from each other, may be formed on the first etch stop layer of the fuse box region. Each fuse may include the barrier layer and/or the metal layer. A second insulation interlayer having an opening exposing the fuse box region may be formed on the metal wiring and/or the first etch stop layer. The etch stop layer may allow the fuses to be formed more uniformly and decrease the probability of breaking the fuses.

Abstract: A method of reducing power consumption and/or enhancing computation speed in the modulus multiplication operation of a Montgomery modulus multiplication module. A coding scheme reduces the need for an adder or memory element for obtaining multiple modulus values, and the use of carry save addition with carry propagation addition enhances the computational speed of the multiplication module.