Abstract: Provided is a cough recognition method and device, which can detect cough sounds from an audio signal, and not only can detect coughs but also can track the location at which the cough sounds are generated by calculating the location of a sound source.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing method may include polishing a polishing object at a first temperature using a chemical mechanical polishing slurry; and removing the chemical mechanical polishing slurry on the polishing object at a second temperature different from the first temperature. The chemical mechanical polishing slurry may include abrasive particles, a thermoresponsive inhibitor, and deionized water. The thermoresponsive inhibitor may include a thermoresponsive polymer exhibiting a phase-transition between the first temperature and the second temperature. The thermoresponsive polymer may be adsorbed to the hydrophobic layer at the first temperature and desorbed from the hydrophobic layer at the second temperature.

Abstract: A polishing pad for chemical mechanical polishing includes a polymer matrix and a temperature sensitive agent dispersed in the polymer matrix and constituting 1 to 40% by volume of the polishing pad, wherein the temperature sensitive agent includes a two-dimensional (2D) sheet material having a thermal conductivity of 1 W/(m·K) or more.

Abstract: Slurry compositions for chemical mechanical polishing, chemical mechanical polishing apparatuses using the same, and methods for fabricating a semiconductor device using the same are provided. The slurry composition for chemical mechanical polishing may include polishing particles in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by weight of the slurry composition, an oxidant in an amount of 0.1% to 5% by weight of the slurry composition, a thermo-sensitive agent in an amount of 0.01% to 30% by weight of the slurry composition. The thermo-sensitive agent may include metal nanoparticles or metal oxide nanoparticles, and water, wherein the slurry composition has a pH of 1 to 8.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus includes a polishing pad on a polishing platen, a polishing head on the polishing pad, the polishing head having a membrane to hold a wafer on the polishing pad, and a polishing slurry feeding line to feed a polishing slurry, and a retainer ring around the membrane and in contact with the polishing pad to prevent detachment of the wafer, the retainer ring including a polishing slurry feeding inlet connected to the polishing slurry feeding line to feed the polishing slurry onto the polishing pad.

Abstract: Cerium oxide nanoparticles and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The cerium oxide nanoparticles may be fabricated by a method that may include injecting metal ions into cerium oxide particles and then removing (e.g., desorbing) at least some of the injected metal ions from the cerium oxide particles.

Abstract: Provided is a cough recognition method and device, which can detect cough sounds from an audio signal, and not only can detect coughs but also can track the location at which the cough sounds are generated by calculating the location of a sound source.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of inhibiting PARG in cancer cells, including methods comprising administering a PARG inhibitor that modulates position Tyr795 in PARG. Also provided herein are methods of treating and/or preventing cancer comprising administering a PARG inhibitor. In some embodiments, the PARG inhibitors are of the formula: wherein the variables are defined herein.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting an air leak in a commercial vehicle can detect an air leaked portion of the commercial vehicle using ultrasonic signals measured by a plurality of measurement sensors. The system includes a detection unit for measuring a plurality of ultrasonic signals generated in the commercial vehicle through the plurality of measurement sensors, confirming a position and size of a leak portion where air is leaked based on the plurality of ultrasonic signals to generate sensing data, and generating a photographed image by photographing the commercial vehicle, a management unit for generating a transformed image using a reference value from the sensing data, and a synthesized image by synthesizing the transformed image and the photographed image, and a display unit displaying the synthesized image.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting an air leak in a commercial vehicle can detect an air leaked portion of the commercial vehicle using ultrasonic signals measured by a plurality of measurement sensors. The system includes a detection unit for measuring a plurality of ultrasonic signals generated in the commercial vehicle through the plurality of measurement sensors, confirming a position and size of a leak portion where air is leaked based on the plurality of ultrasonic signals to generate sensing data, and generating a photographed image by photographing the commercial vehicle, a management unit for generating a transformed image using a reference value from the sensing data, and a synthesized image by synthesizing the transformed image and the photographed image, and a display unit displaying the synthesized image.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus includes a polishing pad on a polishing platen, a polishing head on the polishing pad, the polishing head having a membrane to hold a wafer on the polishing pad, and a polishing slurry feeding line to feed a polishing slurry, and a retainer ring around the membrane and in contact with the polishing pad to prevent detachment of the wafer, the retainer ring including a polishing slurry feeding inlet connected to the polishing slurry feeding line to feed the polishing slurry onto the polishing pad.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing machine includes a polishing head assembly including a polishing head body and a membrane disposed at a bottom of the polishing head body. The bottom surface of the membrane includes a hydrophobic area and a hydrophilic area.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing machine includes a polishing head assembly including a polishing head body and a membrane disposed at a bottom of the polishing head body. The bottom surface of the membrane includes a hydrophobic area and a hydrophilic area.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing machine includes a polishing head assembly including a polishing head body and a membrane disposed at a bottom of the polishing head body. The bottom surface of the membrane includes a hydrophobic area and a hydrophilic area.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing machine includes a polishing head assembly including a polishing head body and a membrane disposed at a bottom of the polishing head body. The bottom surface of the membrane includes a hydrophobic area and a hydrophilic area.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for generating a motion search area of a video CODEC for implementing motion compensation through motion estimation as a unit of block. Compression efficiency can be further improved by additionally creating various reference frames by an intentional motion blur and a deblur filter, filtering a motion search area using a motion blur filter and a motion deblur filter as a unit of block which is a unit of video coding, and selecting reference frame having small residual frame data during execution of the motion estimation as final reference frames among original reference frames and various reference frames (motion search areas) additionally created.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of generating a reference frame of a video CODEC for implementing motion compensation through motion estimation. The present invention is to increase compression efficiency by additionally creating various reference frames applied to an intentional motion blur and a deblur filtering, and selecting reference frame having small residual frame data during execution of the motion estimation as final reference frames among original reference frames and various reference frames additionally created.

Abstract: A compression encoding method which, when performing data conversion using the fact that when data is converted into frequency components, the human eye is sensitive to components close to low frequency components and insensitive to components close to high frequency components, configures a filter in which importance is placed on DC data and its adjacent filter coefficients, calculates the cost for a conversion block which has undergone conversion and quantization, which is required for the data removal of compression encoding using the filter, determines data targets to be removed using the calculated cost and set reference values, and removes the corresponding data, thereby reducing the amount of data to be compressed and therefore increasing compression efficiency without influencing image quality.

Abstract: A slurry for polishing a ruthenium layer comprises distilled water, sodium periodate (NaIO4), an abrasive and a pH controlling agent.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an interactive broadcasting system. The interactive broadcasting system includes a web server, a content providing server, a streaming server, a broadcast control server, and a content control server. The web server provides a web page through the Internet and controls a web connection. The content providing server provides content. The streaming server streams the content to the mobile terminal, and receives messages transmitted from the mobile terminal. The broadcast control server manages the broadcast schedule of the content and generates details of the picture construction. The content control server generates a picture depending on the details of a picture construction, and performs picture combination by overlaying the generated picture on a content picture provided by the content providing server, and transmits the combined picture to the streaming server, thus allowing the combined picture to be streamed to the mobile terminal by the streaming server.