Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for reusing wastewater. The method for reusing wastewater disclosed herein includes: generating a mixed wastewater by mixing multiple types of wastewater (S20); performing a first purification by passing the mixed wastewater through a flocculation-sedimentation unit (S40); performing a second purification by passing an effluent of the flocculation-sedimentation unit through a membrane bioreactor (MBR) (S60); performing a third purification by passing an effluent of the MBR through a reverse-osmosis membrane unit (S80); and reusing an effluent of the reverse-osmosis membrane unit as cooling water or industrial water (S100).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for multiplexing signals using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. A signal multiplexing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to combine a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels, and a time interleaver configured to perform interleaving applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isolated anti-FcRN antibody, which is an antibody binding to FcRN (stands for neonatal Fc receptor, also called FcRP, FcRB or Brambell receptor) that is a receptor with a high affinity for IgG or a fragment thereof, a method of preparing thereof, a composition for treating autoimmune disease, which comprises the antibody, and a method of treating and diagnosing autoimmunre diseases using the antibody. The FcRn-specific antibody according to the present disclosure binds to FcRn non-competitively with IgG to reduce serum pathogenic auto-antibody levels, and thus can be used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: A probe test card includes a substrate, a plurality of test needles, and a fixing layer. The substrate includes a first surface at which a trench is formed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The plurality of test needles is arranged in the trench. Each test needle includes a first end and a second end being opposite to the first end. The fixing layer is filled in the trench to fix the plurality of test needles in the trench, and a thickness of the fixing layer is same with a depth of the trench. The fixing layer comprises a ceramic powder. The first end of the test needle is non-removably fixed in the trench by the fixing layer and the second end of the test needle protrudes from the trench of the substrate to test a device under test (DUT).

Abstract: A bulk-acoustic wave (BAW) resonator includes a central portion in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode are sequentially stacked on a substrate, and an extension portion extending externally from the central portion, and an insertion layer and a loss prevention film are disposed in the extension portion between the substrate and the second electrode. The loss prevention film is formed to have a thickness of 50 ? to 500 ?. The insertion layer is stacked on the loss prevention film, and has a side surface opposing the central portion, the side surface is formed as a first inclined surface having a first inclination angle. The loss prevention film has a side surface opposing the central portion, the side surface is formed as a second inclined surface having a second inclination angle. The second inclination angle is formed to be greater than the first inclination angle.

Abstract: A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 7/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation.

Abstract: An air blowing apparatus is oriented toward a windshield glass of a vehicle and includes an air fan assembly located adjacent to the windshield glass and an air nozzle connected to the air fan assembly via a duct such that a fluid flows therebetween. The air nozzle is located so as to be opposite the windshield glass and is configured to adjust the pressure and angle at which air is discharged toward the windshield glass in accordance with the driving environment of a vehicle.

Abstract: A safety device for heating hoses is provided to prevent overheating of a heating wire. The safety device includes a first hose that connects between a reservoir and a connector and a second hose that is fluidly connected to the first hose and allows windshield washer fluid to flow from the connector to a spray nozzle. A housing encloses the connector and a heating wire is disposed in at least one of the first and second hoses. A terminal is disposed inside the housing and is connected to the heating wire to apply electric power from a power supply unit to the heating wire. A circuit breaker is connected to the terminal and the heating wire and cuts off electric power applied to the heating wire based on a temperature condition.

Abstract: An air blowing apparatus is oriented toward a windshield glass of a vehicle and includes an air fan assembly located adjacent to the windshield glass and an air nozzle connected to the air fan assembly via a duct such that a fluid flows therebetween. The air nozzle is located so as to be opposite the windshield glass and is configured to adjust the pressure and angle at which air is discharged toward the windshield glass in accordance with the driving environment of a vehicle.

Abstract: A safety device for heating hoses is provided to prevent overheating of a heating wire. The safety device includes a first hose that connects between a reservoir and a connector and a second hose that is fluidly connected to the first hose and allows windshield washer fluid to flow from the connector to a spray nozzle. A housing encloses the connector and a heating wire is disposed in at least one of the first and second hoses. A terminal is disposed inside the housing and is connected to the heating wire to apply electric power from a power supply unit to the heating wire. A circuit breaker is connected to the terminal and the heating wire and cuts off electric power applied to the heating wire based on a temperature condition.

Abstract: A waterproof connector for a vehicle includes a front holder mounted on a front side of a main housing via a front seal for watertight, and having terminal-connecting holes. The front seal and the front holder are disposed inside the first mounting hole sequentially. An inner housing with a terminal is mounted to a rear side of the main housing and has terminal insertion holes. A subcover is disposed at a rear side of the inner housing. Each terminal has a connector portion disposed inside a terminal-connecting hole of the front holder, and a wire-welding portion is disposed inside a terminal insertion hole of the inner housing. Watertight and vibration-absorbing materials are attached to a lower side of an upper cover and an upper side of a lower cover of the subcover to protect the wire-welding portions of the terminals.

Abstract: A waterproof connector for a vehicle includes a front holder mounted on a front side of a main housing via a front seal for watertight, and having terminal-connecting holes. The front seal and the front holder are disposed inside the first mounting hole sequentially. An inner housing with a terminal is mounted to a rear side of the main housing and has terminal insertion holes. A subcover is disposed at a rear side of the inner housing. Each terminal has a connector portion disposed inside a terminal-connecting hole of the front holder, and a wire-welding portion is disposed inside a terminal insertion hole of the inner housing. Watertight and vibration-absorbing materials are attached to a lower side of an upper cover and an upper side of a lower cover of the subcover to protect the wire-welding portions of the terminals.

Abstract: Provided are a regional information extraction method, a regional information output method, and an apparatus for the same. The regional information output method includes obtaining a regional image through the processing unit, transmitting the regional image to a server through the transmitting/receiving unit, receiving regional information on a geographical position that a regional image feature extracted from the regional image represents through the transmitting/receiving unit, and outputting the regional information through the output unit, wherein the geographical position represents one feature matching to the regional image feature, which is selected from a plurality of features representing a plurality of regional images.

Abstract: Provided are a regional information extraction method, a regional information output method, and an apparatus for the same. The regional information output method includes obtaining a regional image through the processing unit, transmitting the regional image to a server through the transmitting/receiving unit, receiving regional information on a geographical position that a regional image feature extracted from the regional image represents through the transmitting/receiving unit, and outputting the regional information through the output unit, wherein the geographical position represents one feature matching to the regional image feature, which is selected from a plurality of features representing a plurality of regional images.

Abstract: Disclosed are a channel equalizer and digital television receiver using the same. The equalizer comprises a channel estimator, a channel distortion compensator and noise canceller. The channel estimator estimates an impulse response of a transmission channel from a received signal. The channel distortion compensator transforms and processes the received signal and the estimated impulse response. The noise canceller predicts and eliminates amplified noise generated during equalization.

Abstract: A subway broadcast method and apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus for verifying diversity of a base station in a mobile communication system in which the base station outputs at least one antenna signal using a space-time transmit diversity. Attenuators attenuate and output each antenna signal according to reception sensitivity of a terminal. A coupler couples the signals output from the attenuators with each other and outputs a coupled signal. The terminal receives the coupled signal and demodulates the received signal. A computer is connected to the terminal, and monitors an operation state of the terminal while receiving the signal from the base station, and performs an error check for determining if an error exists in the signal received in the terminal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a channel estimator adopting masking. In a channel estimator using a CIR (channel impulse response) estimating value, the present invention includes a CIR masking unit removing a noise included in the CIR estimating value. Accordingly, the present invention is capable of filtering noises resulting from finiteness of the PN sequence used in finding the cross correlator, thereby enabling to enhance accuracy for the CIR estimating value. And, the enhanced accuracy for the CIR estimating value enables to improve tracking performance to the time variable channel of the frequency domain equalizer using the channel estimator.

Abstract: A codec mode decoding apparatus and method for an AMR communication system for enhancing decoding speed and optimizing memory utilization. The codec mode decoding method includes receiving data encoded using an adaptive multi-rate scheme; extracting a bit value from an informative region of the data by through a channel decoding on the data; producing correlation values by correlating the bit value and at least two codec modes; selecting one of the codec modes, of which correlation value is a maximum likelihood value, as an adapted codec mode; activating a first codec corresponding to the adapted codec mode; and decoding the data using the first codec.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for establishing a sleep mode in a broadband wireless access communication system. The method for establishing the sleep mode includes a first step of placing a subscriber station into the awake mode after time having a maximum window value lapses, determining whether or not a message representing that there exists data to be transmitted from a base station, placing the subscriber station into the sleep mode when the received message represents that there does not exists data to be transmitted from a base station, and establishing a window value for a present sleep mode based on than a preset window value of a previous sleep mode loop within the maximum window value.