Abstract: A composition including Cuscuta japonica Choisy extract, or the extract of Rehmannia glutinosa Libschitz var. purpurea MAKINO and Cuscuta japonica Choisy is provided. The composition, which can be a pharmaceutical or food composition, is useful for preventing, ameliorating, or treating hearing loss. A method for ameliorating, preventing, or treating hearing loss, in particular, acoustic trauma, temporary or permanent hearing loss by effectively inhibiting the threshold shift induced by noise and the likes is disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a probe card inspection apparatus including: a substrate; a first insulating layer which covers the substrate; and a first detection unit which is formed on the first insulating layer and detects physical defects of a probe of a probe card. The first detection unit includes: a ground detection unit including a first conductive pattern which defines a plurality of openings which expose a portion of the first insulating layer and detect defects of a ground probe of the probe card and; and a signal and power detection unit including a second conductive pattern which defines a plurality of openings which expose another portion of the first insulating layer and detect defects of a signal and power supply probe of the probe card.

Abstract: An abnormal traffic detection apparatus and method based on Modbus communication pattern learning is provided. The abnormal traffic detection apparatus based on the Modbus communication pattern learning previously detects and responds to abnormal traffic on a Modbus/TCP protocol. According to the present invention, a communication service between control systems can be stably provided by previously detecting the abnormal traffic capable of interfering with a stable operation of the control system. Particularly, since the effective abnormal traffic on the Modbus/TCP protocol can be previously detected, security of the control system can be increased by rapid detection and response with respect to security threats on the Intranet of the control system, and availability can be secured.

Abstract: A method and network node for adaptation of contention windows in a multicarrier wireless communication system implementing a listen-before-talk protocol are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes determining at least one component carrier (CC), of multiple CCs to serve as a backoff channel. The method further includes performing a listen-before-talk procedure on the at least one CC serving as a backoff channel. The listen-before-talk procedure includes sensing for each backoff channel whether a clear channel exists during a backoff period drawn from a contention window (CW). The LBT procedure also includes deferring transmitting on a CC for which the sensing does not indicate that a clear channel exists. The LBT procedure also includes transmitting on a CC for which the sensing indicates a clear channel exists. The method also includes determining a size of the CW based on at least one transmission feedback value.

Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a first insulation substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the first insulation substrate; and a pixel electrode coupled to the thin film transistor. The pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode that is divided into two regions configured to arrange liquid crystal molecules while including one first horizontal stem portion, and a second subpixel electrode that includes a plurality of second horizontal stem portions.

Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present system and method includes: a first substrate; a first thin film display layer disposed at an upper surface of the first substrate; a second substrate; a second thin film display layer disposed at a lower surface of the second substrate; a sealant disposed at an edge of the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and sealed by the sealant, wherein the first thin film display layer and the second thin film display layer face each other, the first substrate and the second substrate are curved to have the same degree of curvature, and a thickness of a side surface of the second substrate is thinner than a thickness of a center portion of the second substrate.

Abstract: A method of performing a surface treatment includes passivating a surface of an insulating part in a reaction chamber, and then performing a hydrogen plasma annealing treatment on a substrate in the reaction chamber. The passivation of the surface of the insulating part includes supplying a nitrogen-based gas into the reaction chamber and exciting the nitrogen-based gas in the reaction chamber using a plasma generator.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a susceptor, a chamber housing that accommodates the susceptor and encloses a reaction space, and an annular shaped baffle plate that annularly surrounds the susceptor. The baffle plate includes a first layer that includes a conductive material and a second layer that includes a non-conductive material, and the second layer is closer to the reaction space than the first layer.

Abstract: Provided is a concentric camshaft and a method of manufacturing the same, in which at least one of a fixed cam and a rotatable cam is a sintered cam configured to fix the cam and an inner piece through diffusion bonding, capable of reducing a machining amount, simplifying a manufacturing process because a heat treatment process for improving cam surface hardness is unnecessary, and being applied to an engine having a small space because the weight is reduced through a weight-reducing structure of a surface of the cam and a width of the inner piece is reduced.

Abstract: A display device includes a first supporting member disposed in the first pad area of the first base substrate and spaced apart from the sealing member to define a predetermined space. A second supporting member is filled in the predetermined space by filling and curing liquid material. This protects the display panel from harsh ambience, such as light, heat and moistures, reducing the sealing and black matrix area. Such improvement can decrease the bezel size, effectively increasing viewable area of the display, which becomes more important in the mobile device.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. A flexible printed circuit board having a flexible region and a rigid region includes an inner board layer, an outer board layer laminated on the inner board layer and having a cavity formed in the rigid region, and a laminate exposing a pad in the cavity and laminated on the inner board layer in the rigid region where the pad is formed. The laminate includes a coverlay layer and a copper foil layer arranged so that the coverlay layer faces the inner board layer.

Abstract: A transmitting node and a method performed by a transmitting node for performing data transmissions to at least one receiving node on a radio channel in a wireless communications network. First, the transmitting node sets at least two contention window sizes. The at least two contention window sizes are separately determined based on information associated with the least one receiving node. Then, the transmitting node defers a first transmission of data to the at least one receiving node for a first period and also defers at least one second transmission of data to the at least one receiving node Further, the transmitting node performs a first or at least one second transmission of data to the at least one receiving node when an outcome of a corresponding first and at least second periods of observation of the radio channel, respectively, is that the radio channel is idle.

Abstract: Provided is a triazolone derivative or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a process for the preparation thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The triazolone derivative or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt can effectively activate GPR119; and therefore be usefully applied for preventing or treating diabetes mellitus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) film electrode (FE), all-organic electroactive device systems fabricated with the SWNT-FE, and methods for making same. The SWCNT can be replaced by other types of nanotubes. The SWCNT film can be obtained by filtering SWCNT solution onto the surface of an anodized alumina membrane. A freestanding flexible SWCNT film can be collected by breaking up this brittle membrane. The conductivity of this SWCNT film can advantageously be higher than 280 S/cm. An electroactive polymer (EAP) actuator layered with the SWNT-FE shows a higher electric field-induced strain than an EAP layered with metal electrodes because the flexible SWNT-FE relieves the restraint of the displacement of the polymeric active layer as compared to the metal electrode. In addition, if thin enough, the SWNT-FE is transparent in the visible light range, thus making it suitable for use in actuators used in optical devices.

Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a dehumidification line for supplying some refrigerant circulating in a refrigerant circulation line to an evaporator before the refrigerant is introduced into an exterior heat exchanger after passing a first expansion means so as to dehumidify the interior of the vehicle in a heat pump mode, thereby allowing the refrigerant to smoothly flow to the evaporator at a low pressure through the dehumidification line before the refrigerant is introduced into the exterior heat exchanger which has a higher pressure than the evaporator when the interior of the vehicle is dehumidified, and smoothly dehumidifying the inside of the vehicle.

Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a first substrate, a gate line disposed on the first substrate and includes a lower layer including titanium, a middle layer including a transparent conductive material, and an upper layer including copper, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and includes a lower layer including titanium, and an upper layer including the transparent conductive material, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line and the pixel electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer which covers the data line and the drain electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the passivation layer.

Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display includes a first panel having a pixel electrode including crossed stem parts, a plurality of fine branch parts extending from the crossed stem parts, and fine slits positioned between fine branch parts adjacent to each other, a second panel having a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the first panel and the second panel. Misalignment between the first panel and the second lower panel is determined and a pitch, which is a sum of a width of the fine branch part and a width of the fine slit, gradually increases from a region having a small misalignment toward a region having a large misalignment.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate on which a pixel region is defined, a first sub-pixel electrode in the pixel region on the substrate, an insulating layer on the first sub-pixel electrode, a second sub-pixel electrode in the pixel region on the insulating layer, a floating electrode in the pixel region on the insulating layer and disconnected from the second sub-pixel electrode, a liquid crystal layer on the second sub-pixel electrode and the floating electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the liquid crystal layer. The floating electrode includes first to fourth floating electrodes in first to fourth quadrants of the pixel region, respectively. The first to fourth floating electrodes are separated from one another, and the first sub-pixel electrode partially overlaps the second sub-pixel electrode and the first to fourth floating electrodes.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate including a display region and a non-display region, the non-display region including a first region adjacent to the display region and a second region further from the display region than the first region; a light blocking member disposed in the non-display region of the substrate; and a plurality of step providing layers disposed between the substrate and the light blocking member in the non-display region of the substrate, the step providing layers spaced apart from each other. A height of the light blocking member disposed in the first region of the non-display region is different from a height of the light blocking member disposed in the second region of the non-display region.

Abstract: A planar inverted-F antenna according to an embodiment includes a ground plane, a radiator spaced apart from the ground plane, and a feeding member for feeding a current to the radiator. A first slot is formed in the radiator, and the first slot is excited as the current is fed to the radiator through the feeding member such that the current flows around the first slot and the first slot implements a resonance frequency according to the excitation.