Abstract: An engine intake duct is formed by securing a hydrocarbon-adsorbing element to a frame to form an insert, positioning the insert in registry with a blow-molding core, placing a molten plastic parison and mold around the insert and core, and blow-molding the parison to form a shell engaging the frame to retain the insert with a surface of the insert exposed to a hollow interior of the shell.

Abstract: An engine intake duct is formed by securing a hydrocarbon-adsorbing element to a frame to form an insert, positioning the insert in registry with a blow-molding core, placing a molten plastic parison and mold around the insert and core, and blow-molding the parison to form a shell engaging the frame to retain the insert with a surface of the insert exposed to a hollow interior of the shell.

Abstract: A grommet for securing a tube includes an oval hole having a wide portion and a narrow portion, a recess located between upper and lower shoulders surrounding the hole, an inclined surface to guide the grommet into a mounting hole, and a lower surface that can be engaged by a connector on the tube.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having a blocking effect against sodium ion channels, particularly Nav1.7, a preparation method thereof and the use thereof. A compound represented by formula 1 according to the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate or isomer thereof may be effectively used for the prevention or treatment of pain, for example, acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, post-surgery pain, migraine, arthralgia, neuropathy, nerve injury, diabetic neuropathy, neuropathic disease, epilepsy, arrhythmia, myotonia, ataxia, multiple sclerosis, irritable bowel syndrome, urinary incontinence, visceral pain, depression, erythromelalgia, or paroxysmal extreme pain disorder (PEPD).

Abstract: A hydrocarbon trap assembly for use in an intake system of a motor vehicle engine includes a first duct having an interior recess adjacent an end thereof, the recess having a blind end; a second duct overlapping the first duct's end and closing off a second end of the recess; and a thermoformed hydrocarbon-adsorbing sleeve inside the recess and having a first edge adjacent the blind end and a second edge adjacent the second end of the recess. One or both ends of the sleeve may engage a hook formed on the respective first and/or second ducts. The second end of the sleeve may have a flange that fits into a gap between the ducts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a kit for monitoring an immune status after transplant. The kit for monitoring an immune status after transplant and the method for monitoring an immune status of an individual after transplant as provided in the present invention make it easy and accurate to determine an immune status in the individual after transplant and thus have an effect of reducing overuse of an immunosuppressive agent prescribed after transplant and also have an effect of conveniently managing an immune status of each patient.

Abstract: An air induction system for an engine of a vehicle, comprising of a conduit configured to convey intake air to the engine; and a fitting arranged at an inlet end of the conduit, the fitting formed from a different material than the conduit, the fitting configured to interface with a structural support element of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite sheet, to a substrate for a display element including same, and to a display device including same. More specifically, the composite sheet comprises: a reinforcement-impregnated matrix; a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the matrix; and a barrier layer formed on at least one surface of the coating layer, wherein, if an elastic modulus of the matrix is E2 at a temperature of 25° C. and an elastic modulus of the coating layer is E3 at a temperature of 25° C., the ratio of the elastic modulus, i.e. E3/E2, is approximately 5×104 or less.

Abstract: A composite sheet and a substrate for a display device including the same, the composite sheet including a matrix, and a reinforcing material impregnated within the matrix, wherein a ratio of an elastic modulus at 25° C. of the matrix to an elastic modulus at 25° C. of the reinforcing material is 1×10?2 or less.

Abstract: A spring clamp for providing a compressive load to a compression seal in an air filtration system for a vehicle. The spring clamp may be made of a plastic composite and includes an arch-like arm wherein elastic deformation is distributed throughout the arch while providing a compressive load. The spring clamp may include a head piece with a greater thickness than the other parts of the spring clamp to provide greater material strength at a point of contact between the spring clamp and an air filter housing.

Abstract: A display device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an emitting material layer which is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the emitting material layer being doped with an electric charge transport material of which content varies along a thickness direction and comprising a plurality of sub-layers staked in sequence.

Abstract: A text-to-speech method for simulating a plurality of different voice characteristics includes dividing inputted text into a sequence of acoustic units; selecting voice characteristics for the inputted text; converting the sequence of acoustic units to a sequence of speech vectors using an acoustic model having a plurality of model parameters provided in clusters each having at least one sub-cluster and describing probability distributions which relate an acoustic unit to a speech vector; and outputting the sequence of speech vectors as audio with the selected voice characteristics. A parameter of a predetermined type of each probability distribution is expressed as a weighted sum of parameters of the same type using voice characteristic dependent weighting. In converting the sequence of acoustic units to a sequence of speech vectors, the voice characteristic dependent weights for the selected voice characteristics are retrieved for each cluster such that there is one weight per sub-cluster.

Abstract: A grommet for securing a tube includes an oval hole having a wide portion and a narrow portion, a recess located between upper and lower shoulders surrounding the hole, an inclined surface to guide the grommet into a mounting hole, and a lower surface that can 5 be engaged by a connector on the tube.

Abstract: A prism sheet, capable of enhancing wet-out ability in a whole back light unit while maintaining center brightness, transmittance and haze in good condition, is disclosed. The prism sheet includes a base film made of a transparent material and having a flat first surface, and a light refracting part including a plurality of unit prisms unitarily formed with the base film on a second surface of the base film, opposite to the flat first surface. The unit prisms have a predetermined shape of a cross section, and are arranged with orientation. When an angle formed between a ridge of the unit prism of the light refracting part and a normal line of the flat first surface is defined as ?n, ?n and ?n+1 have different values from each other, and n is an integer more than 2. An LCD back light unit using the above prism sheet is also disclosed.

Abstract: A resonator is disclosed which includes: a sleeve insert and an outer duct sealingly coupled to the sleeve insert. The sleeve insert has a wall with a first aperture in the wall at a first axial distance, a second aperture in the wall at a second axial distance, and a rib extending radially outwardly with the rib located between the first and second apertures. The outer duct sealingly couples to the sleeve insert proximate first and second ends of the inner sleeve and at the rib. The sleeve insert and the outer duct are formed of plastic materials which are coupled by welding or via o-rings placed on the sleeve insert. Cavities, in the vicinity of the apertures, are formed in the outer duct. The cavities, which are fluidly coupled to the sleeve insert via the apertures, attenuate noise.

Abstract: A spring clamp for providing a compressive load to a compression seal in an air filtration system for a vehicle. The spring clamp may be comprised of plastic composite and includes an arch-like arm wherein elastic deformation is distributed throughout the arch while providing a compressive load. The spring clamp may include a head piece with a greater thickness than the other parts of the spring clamp to provide greater material strength at a point of contact between the spring clamp and an air filter housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates a compound of formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or isomer thereof effective as agonist of melanocortin receptor, and an agonistic composition of melanocortin receptor comprising the same as active ingredient.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a phenol novolac resin which is used as a raw material for thermosetting resin, a phenol novolac epoxy resin which is obtained therefrom, an epoxy resin composition which utilizes the phenol novolac resin as a curing agent or contains the phenol novolac epoxy resin as a base resin.

Abstract: A resonator is disclosed which includes: a sleeve insert and an outer duct sealingly coupled to the sleeve insert. The sleeve insert has a wall with a first aperture in the wall at a first axial distance, a second aperture in the wall at a second axial distance, and a rib extending radially outwardly with the rib located between the first and second apertures. The outer duct sealingly couples to the sleeve insert proximate first and second ends of the inner sleeve and at the rib. The sleeve insert and the outer duct are formed of plastic materials which are coupled by welding or via o-rings placed on the sleeve insert. Cavities, in the vicinity of the apertures, are formed in the outer duct. The cavities, which are fluidly coupled to the sleeve insert via the apertures, attenuate noise.

Abstract: A droplet ejecting apparatus, method of forming a thin film, and a substrate for a display device, wherein a droplet ejecting apparatus includes a first ejecting unit ejecting a first droplet on a substrate, a second ejecting unit ejecting a second droplet on the substrate along a path defined by a movement of the first ejecting unit, and a transporting unit connected with the first ejecting unit and the second ejecting unit to transport the first ejecting unit and the second ejecting unit.