Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining malignant melanoma by a scanning probe microscope system with a cantilever, which includes: setting locations of a plurality of measurement points to be measured in a sample tissue; applying force in a predetermined range to each measurement point on the sample tissue through the cantilever and acquiring information on a distance between a probe and the sample tissue depending on force for each measurement point; generating a force-distance graph of measurement points based on distance information depending on the force acquired at the plurality of measurement points; and determining whether the sample tissue is malignant melanoma based on characteristics information of the sample tissue extracted from the force-distance graph.

Abstract: A method for creating a site on a user terminal connected by a computer network to a site management system includes providing a plurality of cards having predefined functions to the user terminal; and creating a site including at least one of a page corresponding to a card selected at the user terminal by a user from among the plurality of cards and a page including, as a component, at least one card selected at the terminal. The plurality of cards includes a general card configured through a selection and a combination of components by the user and a function card of which a function and a structure are predetermined.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer comprising performing suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride-based monomer, wherein an aromatic hydrocarbon-based compound is added when a pressure change is 0.5 to 1.5 kg/cm2 with respect to an equilibrium pressure at a polymerization temperature in a polymerization reactor after the vinyl chloride-based monomer is added to the polymerization reactor, wherein the aromatic hydrocarbon-based compound comprises a reactive functional group having an intracarbon double bond and a hydroxyl group; and a vinyl chloride-based polymer prepared by the method and having a high polymerization degree and excellent fusion processability.

Abstract: This invention generally provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for their use, which include methods that result in increased expression in an Atoh1 gene (e.g., Hath1) in a biological cell. More specifically, the invention relates to the treatment of diseases and/or disorders that would benefit from increased Atoh1 expression, e.g., a hearing impairment or imbalance disorder associated with a loss of auditory hair cells, or a disorder associated with abnormal cellular proliferation.

Abstract: A substrate support unit according to an example embodiment of the present inventive concept may include a support having an upper surface on which a substrate is disposed; a coupling ring on which an edge of the substrate is disposed, the coupling ring being having an annular shape, wherein the coupling ring is disposed on an edge of the support; and an arm part for raising and lowering the coupling ring and the substrate, wherein the arm part is disposed below the coupling ring and under a portion of the coupling ring, wherein the coupling ring has a first region disposed on the arm part and a second region disposed around the first region, wherein the first region has a thickness greater than that of the second region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, the device including a through-hole electrode structure extending through a substrate; a redistribution layer on the through-hole electrode structure; and a conductive pad, the conductive pad including a penetrating portion extending through the redistribution layer; and a protrusion portion on the penetrating portion, the protrusion portion protruding from an upper surface of the redistribution layer, wherein a central region of an upper surface of the protrusion portion is flat and not closer to the substrate than an edge region of the upper surface of the protrusion portion.

Abstract: A high-speed compost fermentation apparatus of the present invention comprises: a silo having a fermentation space provided therein, having an inlet provided at the upper part thereof, and having an outlet, for discharging fermented compost, formed at the lower part thereof; a stirring unit having driving parts provided to a frame, which is provided at a base part and supports the silo, first and second driving shafts driven by each driving part and provided inside the silo, and a plurality of stirring blades respectively provided to the first and second driving shafts in a radial direction so as to stir organic materials stored in the silo; and a measuring unit provided between the base part and the frame so as to measure the weight of the organic materials stored in the silo.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for LDPC encoding suitable for highly reliable and low latency communication. The disclosed apparatus comprises: a second inner encoding module for outputting parity bits by means of single parity calculations and accumulation device calculations using bit strings outputted from a first inner encoding module; and the first inner encoding module for outputting a part of the parity bits by means of single parity check calculations for the bits output from a second outer module, and for outputting rest of the parity bit strings by means of single parity check calculations and accumulation device calculations, with a part of the parity bits output by the second inner encoding module as an additional input.

Abstract: A semiconductor package of a package on package type includes a lower package including a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate including a plurality of base layers and a cavity penetrating the plurality of base layers, a first semiconductor chip in the cavity. a redistribution structure on a first surface of the PCB substrate and on an active surface of the first semiconductor chip, a first cover layer covering the redistribution structure, and the second cover layer covering a second surface of the PCB substrate and an inactive surface of the first semiconductor chip, and an upper package on the second cover layer of the lower package and including a second semiconductor chip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for fermenting, separating, and refining a product, which is produced by cultivating a microorganism. The apparatus and the method for fermenting, separating, and refining, of the present invention, can separate and refine the product that is produced by microbial fermentation in a simple, continuous manner and with high efficiency.

Abstract: A system of real-time tracking with scribbling information based on a map and an operating method thereof which share multimedia contents information inserted into a selected tracking course of an electronic map while communicating with a counterpart and write an experience and information acquired in a corresponding region as the multimedia contents to share designed tracking course information with the counterpart and allow each counterpart to additionally write multimedia information in designed contents information in person to share the multimedia information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, and more specifically, to a method comprising the steps of, (S1) preparing a mixture in which a first protective colloid auxiliary agent and a chain regulator are mixed; (S2) preparing a second protective colloid auxiliary agent including the chain regulator activated by stirring the mixture prepared in step (S1); and (S3) performing polymerization by adding a vinyl chloride-based monomer and a polymerization initiator in the presence of the second protective colloid auxiliary agent prepared in step (S2).

Abstract: A display device includes a bottom chassis, a flange protruding from an edge of the bottom chassis, a supporting frame disposed along a portion of the edge of the bottom chassis, a double-sided adhesive tape having a first adhesive side and a second adhesive side opposite to the first adhesive side, wherein the first adhesive side is adhered to the supporting frame, a display panel disposed on the bottom chassis and adhered to the second adhesive side of the double-sided adhesive tape, and a light source unit configured to provide light to the display panel. The double-sided adhesive tape is adhered to a first portion of the supporting frame and the double-sided adhesive tape is absent from a second portion of the supporting frame. The second portion of the supporting frame is disposed alongside the flange.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer comprising performing suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride-based monomer, wherein an aromatic hydrocarbon-based compound is added when a pressure change is 0.5 to 1.5 kg/cm2 with respect to an equilibrium pressure at a polymerization temperature in a polymerization reactor after the vinyl chloride-based monomer is added to the polymerization reactor, wherein the aromatic hydrocarbon-based compound comprises a reactive functional group having an intracarbon double bond and a hydroxyl group; and a vinyl chloride-based polymer prepared by the method and having a high polymerization degree and excellent fusion processability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium disilicate glass-ceramics containing silicate as a main component, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a glass-ceramics, which is capable of adjusting machinability or translucency according to a crystalline size by using a first heat treatment or a second heat treatment. To this end, a method for preparing a glass-ceramics containing a silica crystalline phase includes: performing a first heat treatment on a glass composition at a temperature of 400 to 850° C., so that a lithium disilicate crystalline phase and a silica crystalline phase each having a size of 5 to 2,000 nm are formed through the first heat treatment. After the first heat treatment, the method further includes performing a second heat treatment at a temperature of 780 to 880° C., so that translucency is adjusted by a temperature of the second heat treatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer and a vinyl chloride-based polymer prepared thereby, the method comprising a step for performing suspension polymerization of a monomer for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer in the presence of a polymerization initiator, a dispersant, and water soluble cellulose ether, wherein the dispersant includes a mixture of two or more kinds of polyvinyl alcohol having different degrees of saponification, and the mole average degree of saponification of the polyvinyl mixture is from 76 mol % to 80 mol %, and the water soluble cellulose ether has a gel point of 60° C. to 90° C. and is added before the initiation of polymerization or at a time in which the polymerization conversion rate is 70% or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a vinyl chloride copolymer having good heat resistance and a vinyl chloride copolymer produced by the same. In the preparation method, by not injecting an N-substituted maleimide based compound used as a comonomer together with a vinyl chloride monomer at one time in a pre-polymerization step, but in division in a specific ratio, a copolymer with a uniform distribution of the N-substituted maleimide based compound and the vinyl chloride monomer may be easily prepared, and the vinyl chloride copolymer may have good heat resistance. Accordingly, the preparation method of a vinyl chloride copolymer and the vinyl chloride copolymer according to the present invention may be easily applied to industries requiring the copolymer, particularly industries requiring a resin having good heat resistance as well as industries using a vinyl chloride resin.

Abstract: A personal information apparatus, sharing system and sharing system operating method for servicing map-based user generated contents for social network service. The personal information apparatus includes: a memory unit for downloading, recording, installing and operating map-based content editing application and social network service application, and downloading electronic map information about current position and recording the electronic map information in allocated space; a style editing unit for connecting with an electronic map showing coordinate information stored in the memory unit to generate user generated contents through a variety of interface; a display unit for outputting the user generated contents generated in the style editing unit; and a control unit for controlling the user generated contents, or coordinate information and property information of the user generated contents generated in the style editing unit to communicate with external server.

Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body; internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body; external electrodes disposed on outer surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes; and tin plating layers disposed on the external electrodes.

Abstract: A wafer boat assembly including a boat, a pedestal, and a base. The boat includes a slot to hold a wafer and a rod including a gas line. The pedestal includes a first surface and a connection line coupled to the gas line. The base is on a second surface of the pedestal, rotates the pedestal, and supplies gas to the connection line. The boat is on the first surface of the pedestal. The gas flows along the gas line and is dispensed from a location where the rod contacts the wafer to levitate the wafer.