Abstract: A method for distributing components of a distributed computing system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes determining an appropriate number of available server instances, classifying a plurality of components loaded on the distributed computing system into clusters of which the number is equal to the number of the available server instances with reference to interdependent relations among the components, calculating an amount of computing resources required for each of the component clusters classified, rearranging the component clusters to adjust each of the amount of computing resources required for the component clusters to a value within an appropriate range, and deploying the component clusters, of which the computing resource request amounts are adjusted, to the available server instances.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for sharing and retrieving information through a Wiki technology. A Wiki-based information provision system according to the present invention includes a Wiki information input unit for receiving, from a user, a command for writing or changing Wiki information defining a web page written and shared by users included in a group consisting of a plurality of users; and a Wiki server for managing the Wiki information input by the user by using information about associative relationship between the users according to classes or interests of the users. The system according to the present invention may filter a retrieval result using associative relationship between users and first provide information written by a user of the same group as the retrieval result, thus establishing an efficient knowledge collaboration structure.

Abstract: A service goal interpreting apparatus for goal-driven semantic service discovery is provided. The service goal interpreting apparatus includes a goal interpretation unit that interprets a goal of at least one service or application provided on the Web, and a goal registration unit that registers the goal interpreted by the goal interpretation unit in a service registry.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for adaptive sub-band allocation of spectral coefficients are disclosed. The sizes of sub-bands are determined according to the distribution of spectral coefficients transformed from an input speech/audio signal to perform more elaborate quantization in units of sub-bands. Thus, quantization noise of the spectral coefficients is reduced, and sound quality in a frequency region is enhanced, thereby improving the quality of the signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody which specifically binds to TMAP (tumor associated microtubule associated protein)/CKAP2 (cytoskeleton associated protein 2) or a fragment thereof, and a method for identifying the presence or absence of mitosis and a method for diagnosing cancer prognosis using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a composition for diagnosing cancer prognosis comprising an anti-TMAP/CKAP2 antibody or an antigen-binding site thereof, a method for detecting TMAP/CKAP2 using the composition, an anti-TMAP/CKAP2 antibody for diagnosing cancer prognosis, a method for providing information for diagnosing cancer prognosis using the composition, a method for screening a cancer therapeutic agent comprising the step of determining changes in the level of TMAP/CKAP2 antigen-antibody reaction by the treatment of a candidate substance, and a composition for determining cell-division cycles using the composition.

Abstract: The transmission delay of a voice frame can be reduced by performing internal collision resolution and frame aggregation according to the presence or absence of a voice frame awaiting transmission in a MAC layer, thereby reducing an end-to-end voice transmission delay time for a VoIP service.

Abstract: An encoding method of an encoder is provided. The encoder generates first MDCT coefficients by transforming an input signal, and generates MDCT indices by quantizing the first MDCT coefficients. The encoder generates second MDCT coefficients by dequantizing the MDCT indices, and calculates MDCT residual coefficients using differences between the first MDCT coefficients and the second MDCT coefficients. The encoder generates a residual index by encoding the MDCT residual coefficients, and generates gain indices corresponding to gains from the first MDCT coefficients and the second MDCT coefficients.

Abstract: An Internet Set-Top Box (ISTB) and a method of providing wideband IP telephony services using the ISTB are provided, which are capable of implementing wideband voice communication services using a wideband voice codec, controlling a Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet payload to process a variety of wideband speech frame payloads, and providing high-quality wideband IP telephony services by controlling a jitter buffer to maintain conference call synchronization.

Abstract: A Represental State Transfer (REST) based account management system and method is provided. The REST based account management system includes an open type service application server configured to provide an interface with respect to a client that uses a RESTful web service, manage an access right of the client and call an account management open type interface from an open type service gateway, the open type service gateway configured to provide the open type service application server with account management resources through a RESTful web service, and a billing server configured to charge the RESTful web service while interoperating with the open type service gateway.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for realizing an effective service adaptation in consideration of delay factors possibly generated in combining (or compositing) already existing Web services in constituting a composite Web service. A failure or delay in executing a Web service is predicted in consideration of features (or factors) of QoS of Web services constituting a composite Web service, and a substitute Web service is executed or a speculative execution is performed to thus stably and quickly constitute a composite Web service.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal. A method for encoding an audio signal includes receiving a transformed audio signal, dividing the transformed audio signal into a plurality of subbands, performing a first sinusoidal pulse coding operation on the subbands, determining a performance region of a second sinusoidal pulse coding operation among the subbands on the basis of coding information of the first sinusoidal pulse coding operation, and performing the second sinusoidal pulse coding operation on the determined performance region, wherein the first sinusoidal pulse coding operation is performed variably according to the coding information. Accordingly, it is possible to further improve the quality of a synthesized signal by considering the sinusoidal pulse coding of a lower layer when encoding or decoding an audio signal in an upper layer by a layered sinusoidal pulse coding scheme.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a computing capacity are provided. The method includes: receiving a computing resource deposit request signal from a first computer; determining appropriateness of the computing resource deposit request signal; allocating computing resources deposited by the first computer to a second computer when the computing resource deposit request signal is appropriate; and storing information on the computing resources deposited by the first computer and the computing resources allocated to the second computer in accounts for the first and second computers.

Abstract: A service based application integrated testing apparatus, system and method is provided. The service based application integrated testing apparatus comprises an application integrated testing unit performs an integrated test on the at least one component service and the service based application by use of a control flow and a data flow, which are generated from an interaction between the at least one component service and the service based application.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding audio signals using adaptive sinusoidal coding are provided. The audio signal encoding method includes the steps of dividing a synthesized audio signal into a plurality of sub-bands, calculating the energy of each sub-band, selecting a predetermined number of sub-bands having a relatively large amount of energy from the sub-bands, and performing sinusoidal coding with regard to the selected sub-bands. Application of sinusoidal coding based on consideration of the amount of energy of each sub-band of the synthesized signal improves the quality of the synthesized signal more efficiently.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for decoding an audio signal. A method for decoding an audio signal encoded by a layered sinusoidal pulse coding scheme using one or more sinusoidal pulses includes decoding the encoded audio signal, setting a smoothing frequency band of the decoded audio signal according to a layer structure of the layered sinusoidal pulse coding scheme, dividing the smoothing frequency band into one or more subbands, and smoothing the decoded audio signal on a subband-by-subband basis. Accordingly, a decoding operation time can be reduced and the quality of a synthesized signal can be improved by variably setting a frequency band to be smoothed, when decoding an audio signal encoded by a layered sinusoidal pulse coding scheme using one or more sinusoidal pulses.

Abstract: A fixed mobile convergence terminal using a wideband voice codec is provided. The fixed mobile convergence terminal includes a communication unit configured to connect to a network, and a control unit configured to download a wideband voice codec identical to a wideband voice codec of an opposite party terminal from a call control server in a call setting with the opposite party terminal through the communication unit, so that a high-quality voice call function is achieved.

Abstract: An encoding apparatus is provided. The encoding apparatus includes a track structure determiner determining a track structure using frequency coefficients, a frequency coefficient allocator allocating the frequency coefficients to each track according to the determined track structure, and a quantizer quantizing one or more pulses in each track based on a number of frequency coefficients allocated to a corresponding track. The encoding apparatus can prevent the degradation of sound quality by avoiding the problem faced by most sinusoidal quantization techniques using a fixed track structure, i.e., a failure to quantize all pulses due to mismatches between the pulse distribution of frequency coefficients and a track structure.

Abstract: A signal processing technology achieved in a signal processing module, which is physically separate from a control module for controlling overall operations of a signal processing apparatus, is provided. Input of new data to a system memory is recognized. Upon the recognition of the input of the new data, the new data is read from the system memory. The new data read from the system memory is written to a local memory. Data sharing between software and hardware is effectively achieved in a system for performing a wideband codec processing using a dedicated hardware.

Abstract: An Internet Set-Top Box (ISTB) and a method of providing wideband IP telephony services using the ISTB are provided, which are capable of implementing wideband voice communication services using a wideband voice codec, controlling a Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet payload to process a variety of wideband speech frame payloads, and providing high-quality wideband IP telephony services by controlling a jitter buffer to maintain conference call synchronization.

Abstract: Methods and devices for preventing channeling of dopants during ion implantation are provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate and depositing a sacrificial scattering layer over at least a portion a surface of the substrate, wherein the sacrificial scattering layer includes an amorphous material. The method further includes ion implanting a dopant through the sacrificial scattering layer to within a depth profile in the substrate. Subsequently, the sacrificial scattering layer can be removed such that erosion of the substrate surface is less than one percent of a thickness of the sacrificial scattering layer.