Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Internet Protocol (IP)-based services. A service request message is received from a user. The service request message includes user location information. The CDN is selected in accordance with the user location information. The service request message is transmitted to the CDN for connection of a corresponding delivery function module of the CDN to the user.

Abstract: Provided are a lens optical system and an imaging device including the lens optical system. The lens optical system includes first to sixth lenses sequentially arranged from an object side toward an image plane side. The first to sixth lenses have negative, positive, positive, negative, positive, and negative refractive powers, respectively. The lens optical system may satisfy 100?FOV?160, and DiaL3?DiaL1?DiaL6 where FOV refers to the field of view of the lens optical system in degrees (°), and DiaL1, DiaL3, and DiaL6 refer to the effective diameters of the first lens, the third lens, and the sixth lens, respectively.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shell-and-multi-triple concentric-tube reactor and a shell-and-multi-triple concentric-tube heat exchanger, and to a shell-and-multi-triple concentric-tube reactor and a shell-and-multi-triple concentric-tube heat exchanger which provide a new type of reactor and heat exchanger, thereby maximizing catalyst performance and improving performance of the reactor by optimizing heat exchange efficiency and a heat flow, uniformly distributing a reactant, and increasing a flow rate of the reactant, and accordingly making the reactor and the heat exchanger compact.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shell-and-multi-double concentric-tube reactor and a shell-and-multi-double concentric-tube heat exchanger, and to a shell- and-multi-double concentric-tube reactor and a shell-and-multi-double concentric-tube heat exchanger which provide a new type of reactor and a heat exchanger, thereby maximizing catalyst performance and improving performance of the reactor by optimizing heat exchange efficiency and a heat flow, uniformly distributing a reactant, and increasing a flow rate of the reactant, and accordingly making the reactor and the heat exchanger compact.

Abstract: A method and system for providing a content service such as an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) using multiple devices are provided. A method, in which a gateway provides a content service using multiple devices, includes sending a service request to a service provider, receiving required list information from the service provider receiving the service request, the required list information indicating a list of devices required for a requested service, acquiring performance information of accessible devices on the basis of the required list information, receiving content with a service level corresponding to the acquired performance information from the service provider, and distributing the received content to the accessible devices to be used for the content service.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photographic optical lens system. The disclosed photographic optical lens system includes a stop, a lens group including at least one aspherical lens, and an image sensor configured to record an image transmitted through the lens group, wherein the photographic optical lens system satisfies the following Expression: 0.15?(DL1-L2)/OAL?0.4??<Expression> where DL1-L2 in Expression denotes a distance from a center of a first surface of a lens closest to an object (hereinafter, referred to as a first lens) to a center of a second surface of a second lens arranged directly next to the first lens, and OAL denotes a distance (a total length of the lens group) from the center of the first surface of the first lens to a center of a second surface of a lens arranged farthest from the object.

Abstract: Provided are a super wide-angle lens and an imaging device including the same. The super wide-angle lens includes first to sixth lenses arranged from an object side toward an image plane side in this stated order and respectively having negative, positive, positive, negative, positive, and negative refractive powers. The super wide-angle lens may have a field of view of 100 degree or more.

Abstract: Disclosed is an LCD device which realizes decreased thickness, simplified process, and decreased cost by using a common electrode for formation of electric field to drive liquid crystal as a sensing electrode, and removing a touch screen from an upper surface of the liquid crystal panel, the LCD device comprising gate and data lines crossing each other to define plural pixels on a lower substrate; a pixel electrode in each of the plural pixels; plural common electrode blocks patterned at the different layer from the pixel electrode, wherein the common electrode blocks, together with the pixel electrode, forms an electric field, and senses a user's touch; and plural sensing lines electrically connected with the common electrode blocks, wherein, if the sensing line is electrically connected with one of the common electrode blocks, the sensing line is insulated from the remaining common electrode blocks.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin-type active area, nanosheets, a gate, a source/drain region, and insulating spacers. The fin-type active area protrudes from a substrate in a first direction. The nanosheets are spaced from an upper surface of the fin-type active area and include channel regions. The gate is over the fin-type active area. The source/drain region is connected to the nanosheets. The insulating spacers are in the fin-type active area and between the nanosheets. Air spaces are between the insulating spacers and the source/drain region based on positions of the insulating spacers.

Abstract: A bypass switch includes: a casing; a vacuum interrupter disposed inside the casing, the vacuum interrupter being disposed such that a movable contact is movable to a fixed contact; a first fixing bus-bar fixed to the casing; a second fixing bus-bar fixed to the casing to be spaced apart from the first fixing bus-bar; a moving pusher connected to the movable contact; a drive source installed in the casing, the drive source pushing the moving pusher to a position at which the movable contact and the fixed contact are contacted with each other; and a multi-contactor disposed to be contacted with the moving pusher. Accordingly, the moving pusher can rapidly contact the movable contact with the fixed contact. Further, the moving pusher can be moved with a small external force. Thus, it is possible to minimize the size of the drive source and the power used in the drive source.

Abstract: A method for improving skin conditions containing applying a composition containing veratric acid or acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition has an excellent effect of reducing skin wrinkles through molecular mechanisms including the promotion of collagen synthesis and inhibition of collagenase activity. Also, the composition has an excellent effect of reducing wrinkles by absorbing UVB to prevent UV rays from penetrating the skin, promotion of collagen synthesis and inhibition of collagenase activity. In addition, the composition has effect of promotion of hair growth and the prevention of hair loss through growth promotion of hair dermal papilla cells, stimulation of IGF-1 secretion, and inhibition of TGF-beta1 secretion. Also, because the composition is derived from plants such as natural materials, it is harmless to the human body and can be safely applied to cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food compositions.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: a storage configured to store model information regarding a boundary of a person area in an image; and a controller configured to determine a boundary of a target area in an area to be processed, and to control the target area to undergo image processing for the person area if it is determined, based on the model information stored in the storage, that the determined boundary of the target area matches the boundary of the person area.

Abstract: A method for network operators to control traffic between a server and a client so that client-induced traffic preemption may be prevented is provided. The method includes the processes of an operator determining a network status, the network in which a server is streaming content via a multi-media transmission system, in accordance with a status of the network, determining whether to modify meta data by considering a set of predetermined conditions, and transmitting to a terminal data reflecting the modification decision.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for marking, by using a laser marker, a plurality of wafer dice divided by a wafer dicing process. The disclosed marking method for wafer dice comprises the steps of: setting a plurality of scan regions having a mutually overlapping portion on a wafer including the wafer dice; scanning the scan regions of the wafer a plurality of times by using a line scan camera; collecting position information of each of wafer dice located in regions in which the scan regions do not overlap; collecting, through image synthesis, position information of each of wafer dice located in regions in which the scan regions overlap; and marking, by using the laser marker, each of all the wafer dice of which the position information has been collected.

Abstract: A broadcasting system for providing access information of a broadcast service, wherein a transmission apparatus generates the access information for at least one of a broadcast network and an interaction network, from which the broadcast service is transmitted, and transmits the access information to a terminal via a specific communication network. A reception apparatus receives the access information of the broadcast service via the communication network, analyzes the received access information to determine a network from which the broadcast service is provided, among the broadcast network and the interaction network, and sets an access address for reception of the broadcast service.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region, and a second region, a first gate structure and a second gate structure on the substrate of the first region, a third gate structure and a fourth gate structure on the substrate of the second region, a first interlayer insulating film on the substrate of the first region and including a first lower interlayer insulating film and a first upper interlayer insulating film, a second interlayer insulating film on the substrate of the second region and including a second lower interlayer insulating film and a second upper interlayer insulating film, a first contact between the first gate structure and the second gate structure and within the first interlayer insulating film, and a second contact formed between the third gate structure and the fourth gate structure and within the second interlayer insulating film.